Biologists Construct Groundbreaking Tree of Life Using 1.8 Billion Letters of Genetic Code
Scientists have constructed a groundbreaking tree of life using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code. A recent study published in the journal Nature by an…
Scientists have constructed a groundbreaking tree of life using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code. A recent study published in the journal Nature by an…
A global team of researchers has constructed the most comprehensive and extensive bird family tree to date, detailing the evolutionary connections among 363 bird species…
Researchers discover that blinking is crucial for processing visual information, challenging traditional perspectives on vision and contributing to a broader revision of understanding in the…
Major worldwide citizen science initiative advances understanding of the human microbiome. According to a recent study in Nature Biotechnology, leveraging gamers and video game technology…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Lund University are amazed by the discovery of a bristle worm that possesses eyesight as acute as that…
An enormous meteor spelled doom for most dinosaurs 65 million years ago. But not all. In the aftermath of the extinction event, birds — technically…
All modern non-African human groups originated from ancestors who migrated out of Africa over 60,000 years ago. How long did it take for these separations…
The most extensive genomic study to date has unveiled how the birds spread all over the world after mass extinction. Birds represent the sole surviving…
Research shows small environmental changes can significantly influence the structures of cells and organisms. Scientists have found a “tipping point” in the evolution of fungi…
Hydrogen gas, dubbed the energy of the future, has been providing energy since 4 billion years ago. A recent study reveals how hydrogen gas, often…
Scientists have discovered that terrestrial ecosystems are more prone to collapse from significant animal life loss than marine ecosystems, with the impacts lasting longer on…
A new study reveals that in the single-celled fungi yeast, “random DNA” is naturally active, whereas in mammalian cells, this DNA is turned off as…
Plant genomics has come a long way since Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) helped sequence the first plant genome. But engineering the perfect crop is…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species radiation of masked bees, which is restricted to the tree canopies of Pacific islands. In 1934, Elwood Zimmerman,…
More than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small lizards that lived alongside other small, nondescript lizards in the shadow…
Biologists have found that significant evolutionary transformations occur incrementally rather than through sudden, dramatic “monster” steps, addressing the longstanding debate on how major innovations such…
Scientists at Stowers Institute have revealed that the brain development in sea lampreys shows striking similarities to human brain development. The sea lamprey, an ancient…
Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer an…