518-Million-Year-Old Fossil Challenges What We Thought Starfish Came From
Artist’s impression of Yujingia glutenotunica. Credit: Kaiyue He et al. A creature preserved for 518 million years hints…
Scientists resurrected 160-million-year-old proteins from extinct mammals; some were stronger against drug-resistant bacteria than modern human versions, raising new hopes for antibiotic research
Looking at the evolution of antimicrobial defenses, the researchers were able to pinpoint structural modifications that have made…
One of Earth’s Oldest Animal Fossils Found in a Norwegian Sheep Field
Sheep in a field in Finnmark, Norway. Credit: Yorick Veenma One of the oldest known animal fossils preserved…
Afforestation and reforestation support coupled gains in soil life and carbon storage worldwide
Bastin, J. F. et al. The global tree restoration potential. Science 365, 76–79 (2019). Article CAS PubMed Google…
Adaptive zones of feliforms and evolutionary regimes within terrestrial mammalian carnivores
Simpson, G. G. Major Features of Evolution (Columbia Univ. Press, 1953). Simpson, G. G. Tempo and Mode in…
Red Meat Helped Build Humanity, Now It May Be Harming Us
Red meat has played an important role in human diets for millions of years, providing concentrated nutrients that…
One Tiny Chemical Difference in RNA Could Help Explain the Origins of Life
Researchers found that RNA droplets can shift from fluid structures into more rigid, gel-like networks. That behavior could…
Scientists Uncover New Clues to a Long-Standing Bonnethead Shark Mystery
A detailed study of Florida bonnetheads found that their unusual sex-specific head shapes emerge through growth rather than…
This tiny spider builds webs across rivers with silk more than 10 times tougher than Kevlar |
Spotting a spider web stretching from one side to the other seems impossible, yet this is exactly what…
Genomic and evolutionary basis of parthenogenesis in a disease-vector tick species
Dantas-Torres, F., Chomel, B. B.& Otranto, D. Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective. Trends Parasitol. 28,…
The World’s Highest-Living Mammal Is Rewriting the Limits of Life
The Andean leaf-eared mouse has the same kind of muscle tissue as a marathon runner, one of multiple…
Disturbance regimes drive widespread plant range disequilibrium in Europe alongside climate change
Plot and environmental data We retrieved 1,903,668 vegetation plots and 40,468,042 observation records from the European Vegetation Archive…