New research reveals dinosaur feathers had a protein composition similar to modern birds, hinting at an early origin of bird feather chemistry, possibly 125 million…
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Confocal microscopy image of nuclei, colored by depth, of Trichoplax sp. H2, one of the four species of placozoan for which the authors of the…
Researchers have found that genes linked to complex behaviors like learning and aggression originated around 650 million years ago, potentially influencing the Cambrian Explosion. This…
Tenerife’s flora has a surprisingly high diversity in terms of forms and functions. In the background: Pico del Teide, Spain’s highest mountain at 3715 meters.…
Photo of the remaining Denisova 11 (Denny) bone fragment from Denisova Cave in Russia, that comes from a daughter to a Neanderthal mother and a…
New research reveals that butterflies, moths, and aquatic caddisflies share DNA “blocks” dating back over 200 million years, identified through a tool developed by scientists…
While the mass extinction 66 million years ago devastated many species, recent research shows that flowering plants remained relatively unharmed. Delving into the DNA of…
Researchers at the University of Montana uncovered genetic traits that help highland mice maintain healthy pregnancies at high altitudes, hinting at evolutionary strategies against hypoxia-related…
Researchers from Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Life Sciences have discovered a connection between the neuropeptides that regulate food intake in jellyfish and fruit flies,…
Researchers have compared the genomes of woolly mammoths and modern-day elephants to identify the unique characteristics of woolly mammoths. In a study published in Current…
Image of fruit belonging to Palaeophytocrene chicoensis. The Sierra College Museum of Natural History is the permanent repository for this fossil. Credit: Brian Atkinson An…
Example of a long-tailed macaque using a stone tool to access food. Credit: Lydia V. Luncz Macaques unintentionally created stone fragments that bear a resemblance…
The origin of life is a scientific mystery that has captivated researchers for centuries. While there are many theories about how life first arose on…
Fossil of the Late Jurassic shark Protospinax annectans from Solnhofen and Eichstätt, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Stumpf The evolutionary history of sharks and rays has been…
As the moniker fairy lantern denotes, it looks like a tiny lantern that illuminates the dark forest floor. Credit: Kenji Suetsugu Green leaves and the…
This illustration of early Earth includes liquid water as well as magma seeping from the planet’s core due to a large impact. Scientists at NASA…
The worm for which the researchers sequenced the genome. Credit: Queen Mary University of London Scientists show a link between the time of activation of…
A selection from the zooplankton collection at the NTNU University Museum. The collection is safely stored in anticipation of future researchers, who may find it…
Neanderthals were a species of archaic humans that lived in Europe and Asia from around 400,000 to 40,000 years ago. The remains of hunted animals…
Evolution is the process by which species of living organisms change over time. It is a central concept in the field of biology and is…