Australia’s Latest Surprise: New Species of Daddy Long-Legs Spider Discovered
Australia’s rich and diverse fauna continues to astonish us, with the documentation of a new spider species from the continent. This newly discovered species, a blind…
Australia’s rich and diverse fauna continues to astonish us, with the documentation of a new spider species from the continent. This newly discovered species, a blind…
No, oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms. The result defies a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic…
Researchers have discovered exceptional venom resistance in caecilians, a species of legless amphibians, believed to be an evolutionary response to predation by venomous elapid snakes….
Researchers have unearthed a new species of rare mosasaur in Morocco, further illustrating the vast diversity of these marine reptiles that existed 66 million years…
New research delves into the potential repercussions of global warming on ecosystems, and how it could derail the development of new species. Across the globe,…
New discovery reveals that vertebrates gained a unique protein from bacteria over half a billion years ago. Humans and other backbone-bearing organisms possess a marvel…
While it’s well-established that environmental factors shape the evolution of species, a recent study illustrates a reciprocal relationship where the evolutionary adaptations of species, in…
Analyses of 50 primate genomes through comparative genomics unveil essential genetic processes involved in primate speciation, adaptive phenotypic changes, and the evolution of social systems….
A new study has overturned the notion that microproteins, small proteins previously deemed unimportant, play no significant role in human cellular functions. The research, led…
An international research team comprising scientists from Germany, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and the USA has utilized a novel carbonate analysis technique on eggshells from…
Researchers from Yale and the Broad Institute discovered that the loss of about 10,000 fragments of genetic information differentiates humans from our closest primate relatives….
Genomes From 240 Mammal Species Explain Human Disease Risks Why is it that certain mammals have an exceptional sense of smell, some hibernate, and yet…
The research uses the genomes of 241 species and can be used to support animal and human health outcomes. Research led by a team of…
Studies from the Zoonomia Project pinpoint key parts of the human genome that have remained unchanged after millions of years of evolution and may shed…
A new study published in Ecology and Evolution by Henrik Svensmark of DTU Space has shown that the explosion of stars, also known as supernovae,…
Ants took over the world by following flowering plants out of prehistoric forests. Ants are pretty much everywhere. There are more than 14,000 different species,…
With CRISPR-Cas9 technology, humans can now rapidly change the evolutionary course of animals or plants by inserting genes that can easily spread through entire populations….
Macaques unintentionally created stone fragments that bear a resemblance to some of the earliest stone artifacts crafted by early hominins. The study focuses on fresh…