From the small ossicones of a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a moose, all these distinct headgears evolved from the same ancestor but are dramatically different in size and shape due to ...

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of eukaryotes, the domain of life defined by cells with a membrane-bound nucleus, which includes all animals, plants, fungi, and insects. If they unravel ...

Mammals have been discovered to have a secret superpower: nearly all species glow in the dark. Before now, it was thought that only Australian marsupials such as platypuses, wombats, Tasmanian devils ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The living mammal family tree is full of diverse species–big blue ...

Contrary to the movie Jurassic Park, in which scientists recreate dinosaurs from ancient DNA, genetic material more than about 50 thousand years old cannot be reliably recovered. Nevertheless, a team ...

In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some archaea can survive in extreme environments, such as near hot, thermal vents in ...

“The data matrix that they've assembled is jaw-dropping,” Olaf Bininda-Emonds, an evolutionary biologist at Oldenburg University who was not involved in the study, told Nature. The researchers took 6 ...

Researchers investigate into the various lineages of Asgard archae, and determine one related to Hods as the ancestor of ...

From the small ossicones on a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a male moose -- which can grow as wide as a car -- the headgear of ruminant hooved mammals is extremely diverse, and new research ...

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