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…
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Life reconstruction of Taytalura in its natural habitat with the extinct conifer Rhexoxylon in Ischigualasto (Argentina) during the Late Triassic, hiding from the primitive dinosaur…
Trimeric structure of an ancient enzyme from Odin archaea, with substrate molecules shown in green. Credit: Magnus Wolf-Watz “The distinction between the past, present, and…
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…
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…
Left to right, Conacodon hettingeri, Miniconus jeanninae, Beornus honeyi. Credit: Banana Art Studio Research published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of Systematic Palaeontology describes the discovery of…
Researchers have known from several lines of evidence that the ancient hominins known as the Denisovans interbred with modern humans in the distant past. Now…
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…
The history of life on Earth has often been likened to a four-billion-year-old torch relay. One flame, lit at the beginning of the chain, continues…
Is It Cheaper To Be Bigger? Evolutionary Lessons From the Extreme Weapons of Giraffe Weevil Warriors
A female New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) taken at Matuku Reserve. Credit: Christina Painting, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nepalese craftsman, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, holds the…
The first land plants were thought to be non-vascular, like mosses. Geoscientific study traces carbon-silicon cycle over three billion years on the basis of lithium…
Venom contributes to diversity of insect and fish species, a new study of their evolution has revealed. Credit: Kevin Arbuckle, Swansea University The extraordinary diversity…
Overall Winner and Best Image for ‘Conservation Biology.’ A school of jack fish in a spiral formation at Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef.…
Types of venom fangs in snakes: rear fangs (crab-eating water snake), fixed front fangs (taipan), and hinged front fangs (Gaboon viper); fangs highlighted in red.…
Triantha occidentalis produces flowering stalks with sticky hairs that can trap insects. New research confirms that the plant can digest these trapped prey. Credit: Danilo…
Lizards with sticky toepads have a greater clinging ability. (Left) The canopy specialist American green anole (Anolis carolinensis) possesses enlarged toepads, while the ground Ibizan…
A scuba diver observes the purple, white and green microbes covering rocks in Lake Huron’s Middle Island Sinkhole. Credit: Phil Hartmeyer, NOAA Thunder Bay National…
A transparent 3D model of the fossil bird skull and brain (in pink). Credit: Christopher Torres / The University of Texas at Austin Today, being…
Life reconstruction of Heterodontosaurus vocalizing on a cool Jurassic morning. Credit: Viktor Radermacher Using an exceptionally preserved fossil from South Africa, a particle accelerator, and…
New research shows genome duplication in the ancestor of modern gymnosperms, a group of seed plants that includes cypresses and pines, might have directly contributed…