Learning from a ‘Living Fossil’
A team has probed the genetics of bowfin fish to reveal insights about human health and evolutionary history
evolutionary biology
Rapid Evolution in Water Fleas Yields New Conservation Insights
Scientists were able to identify more than 300 genes that vary in the genome of the water flea
Evolution in Real Time
Researchers observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life
Research on Soldier Ants Reveals That Evolution Can Go in Reverse
Evolution is not always a one-way street toward increasing specialization
Scientists Find Oldest-Known Fossilized Digestive Tract—550 Million Years
Over a half-billion years ago, life on Earth was comprised of simple ocean organisms unlike anything living in today's oceans
Is Evolution Predictable?
A recent study of Heliconius butterflies says that it isn't
CRISPRed Fruit Flies Mimic Monarch Butterfly—and Could Make You Puke
Scientists recreate in flies the mutations that let monarch butterflies eat toxic milkweed with impunity
Scientists Identify Rare Evolutionary Intermediates to Understand the Origin of Eukaryotes
While simple prokaryotic bacteria formed within the first billion years of the Earth, the origin of eurkaryotes, the first cells with nuclei, took much longer.
Researchers Find Hurricanes Drive the Evolution of More Aggressive Spiders
Raging winds can demolish trees, defoliate entire canopies, and scatter debris across forest floors, radically altering the habitats and reshaping the selective pressures on many organisms
Bats Use Leaves as Mirrors to Find Prey in the Dark
The approach angle is the key