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evolution
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The Ancient Connection Between Beans and Butterflies (Maybe)
Butterflies have long been thought to have evolved from moths after the rise of bats, but there appears…
If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?
Shutterstock Bradley Smith, CQUniversity Australia and Mia Cobb, The University of Melbourne For many of us, dogs are…
New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life
Tristan Salles, University of Sydney; Beatriz Hadler Boggiani, University of Sydney; Laurent Husson, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and…
Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species with Bird-Like Sleeping Position
At a Glance A team of scientists from Hokkaido University, the Hokkaido University Museum, North Carolina State University,…
Cats Really Shouldn’t Love Tuna—But They Do. Why?
Cats have a strong preference for tuna, despite not having evolved in an environment where fish like tuna…
A new theory linking evolution and physics has scientists baffled – but is it solving a problem that doesn’t exist?
Tim Johnson / Unsplash Bill Bateman, Curtin University In October, a paper titled “Assembly theory explains and quantifies…
Cat Genomes Show Fewer Complex Genetic Variations Compared to Other Mammals, Study Finds
Researchers from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have made significant discoveries about the…
The Ginkgo Tree Hides a Vast Evolutionary Story
Walk down some streets of New York, and you may spot a familiar sight: trees dressed in yellow…
The Dinosaurs Weren’t Wiped Out All at Once (In Fact, They Weren’t Wiped Out at All)
On that fateful day 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs saw a sight that left a mark in…
Museum Specimens Unlock Secrets of the Fruit Fly’s Two-Century Evolutionary Journey
In a remarkable journey spanning two centuries, scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Lund University have unlocked…