Illustration. Credit: Yuval Robichek, Weizmann Institute of Science Proteins communicating through the DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of…
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Early Land Plants Evolved From Freshwater Algae, Fossils Reveal The world may need to start thinking differently about plants, according to a new report in…
Same-sex sexual behaviour may seem to present a Darwinian paradox. It provides no obvious reproductive or survival benefit, and yet same-sex sexual behavior is fairly…
This illustration shows a paleoartist’s reconstruction of the three extinct rhinoceros species whose genomes were sequenced as part of the study. In the foreground is…
The evolution of the temporomandibular joint and premolar teeth enabled adaptation to bamboo diet. Although the giant panda is in practice a herbivore, its masticatory…
Hypothesized distribution of nerves in the mandible of Tyrannosaurus (orange). Credit: Historical Biology – Complex neurovascular system in the dentary of Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus rex’s ‘bite…
A gravid female krill, meaning she is carrying thousands of eggs and ready to spawn. Credit: Langdon Quetin Climate conditions play a significant role in…
Credit: Anna Zora A predator doesn’t need to have the quickest speed or reflexes to catch a bird. In a paper publishing August 23 in…
Newly described Schneider’s marmoset. Credit: Rodrigo Costa-Araújo “Schneider’s marmoset” is found in the highly threatened, but little-studied forests of Mato Grosso State. team of scientists…
A Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) parasitized by a male bat fly (Penicillidia fulvida) on the wall of a diatomite mine in Nakuru, Kenya. Credit:…
Brain Signals That Help Memories Form May Influence Blood Sugar A set of brain signals known to help memories form may also influence blood sugar…
A 3-dimensional model of a natural killer cell (purple) with granules (yellow) attaching to a target cell (gray). A pseudo color scale shows differences in…
Mother-pup pair of the neotropical bat species Saccopteryx bilineata in the day-roost. The Pup is attached to the mothers´ belly. Credit: Michael Stifter More than…
Rattlesnakes increase their rattling rate as potential threats approach, and this abrupt switch to a high-frequency mode makes listeners, including humans, think they’re closer than…
This image shows a brain organoid with optic cups. Credit: Elke Gabriel Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be used to generate brain organoids…
Flower of Triantha occidentalis in a bog at Cypress Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Danilo Lima First new carnivorous plant identified by botanists in…
The common cuttlefish is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. Credit: © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and…
A Naupactus cervinus weevil, a common, yet invasive species in many parts of the world, is seen eating a leaf. Credit: Courtesy of Analia Lanteri/Facultad…
Cacao pod on a cacao tree. Molecular geneticists have known for about a decade that genomic structural variants can play important roles in the adaptation and speciation…
In an article published in PNAS, researchers affiliated with Butantan Institute describe the genome of Bothrops jararaca and suggest the origin of genes responsible for…