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convergent evolution
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Cacti spines, snake fangs, snail love darts – oh my! How function drives the evolution of nature’s puncture tools
Philip Anderson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Most people probably aren’t thinking about the complexity of nature when they…
Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?
Scarlett Howard Scarlett Howard, Monash University; Adrian Dyer, Monash University, and Andrew Greentree, RMIT University Humans have always…
Mammals evolved to eat ants at least 12 separate times
A comprehensive analysis of 4,099 mammal species reveals that the rise of ant and termite colonies drove at least 12 independent origins of specialized ant-eating across the tree of life.
Why Do Animals Keep Evolving Like Moles?
Moles seem innocuous (and cute, but that’s beside the point), but their body plan keeps popping up in…