Darwin’s “advertising” — the magnificent biological art of Ernst Haeckel
You might have not heard his name, but you should have.
Tag: evolution
Saddle up: New evidence forces us to rethink what we know about horse history
Instead of the domesticated horses deriving from today's wild horses, it's the other way around.
Debunking some misconceptions about evolution
Sometimes, it's good to remember that even evolution doesn't want you to be perfect. Good enough is just fine.
Plants colonized the land 500 million years ago — much earlier than we thought
Plants might have moved on to the land 100 million years earlier than we thought.
Primitive ‘walking’ fish can teach us how the first land animals evolved
An amazing 'living fossil' suggests ancient marine life evolved the software for walking before the hardware.
People who don’t understand evolution are much more likely to reject it
Well here's a shocker.
Amazing fossil shows that Earth’s earliest birds evolved just like Darwin’s finches
These proto-birds may have evolved just like their modern relatives.
Humans got a brain upgrade less than 200,000 years ago, and it made us what we are today
The brain changes and the skull follows.
Different species can emerge in only two generations, new study reveals
It's the equivalent of your grandkids being a new species. Pretty crazy.
Humans got taller, then bulkier in ‘bursts’ during our evolution
Growing strong!
Fossilized ancient lizard shows how dinos evolved to live in the oceans
Life's always greener on the other side. Even if that's the ocean.
Newly described genus hints at the evolutionary roots of the giraffe
Long neck, long history.
Aliens could be more like us than we think, say Oxford scientists
Natural selection fosters certain qualities so aliens shouldn't look extremely different from humans.
Great tits are evolving, new study shows
I know what you were thinking about. Birds, they're birds.
New York mice are actively evolving into a new species: city mice
Soon they'll carry little smartphones around. I hope.
Why do bachelors exist in the animal world?
Those majestic lions, with a harem of females? They're just compensating for something.
Bamboo sharks really have to put their back into eating — literally
Specifically, they put their shoulders into it.
Llama-like creature Darwin used to call the “strangest animal ever discovered” finally gets a family
“Imagine a camel without a hump, with feet like a slender rhino, and a head shaped like a saiga antelope."
Schools in Turkey will stop teaching evolution
“We believe that these subjects are beyond their comprehension,” said a senior Turkish bureaucrat at the Education Ministry.
Medieval Christian monks may have sped up the evolution of the modern chicken
We may have to thank Christian monks for today's chicken.
These fish have evolved the ability to leap onto land — to avoid being eaten
These fish are quite comfortable out of water.
New paper explains why predatory dinosaurs walked on two feet while mammals stayed on all fours
It's all about the tail.
Carnivorous plants all over the world used convergent evolution to start eating flesh
This means being carnivores must have been an excellent solution for these plants.
Bizarre, 100-million-year-old insect trapped in amber might be from a new branch of life
Researchers have found a very old and "alien like" insect and they've decided it doesn't fit anywhere in the current ...
Evolution in a lab flask: scientists witness virus speciating into two distinct species
Real-time evolution, what more proof do you need?
Hands and digits evolved from fish fins, groundbreaking study proves
Our beloved hands are coded by the same genes that make fish fins.
Unsettling sculpture showcases how humans would look if we evolved to survive car crashes
Kinda looks like an end-boss in an RPG.
Study suggests that primates prefer alcohol in their nectar
Looks like happy hour isn't just a human thing.
Research suggests turtle shells evolved for digging, not protection
The discovery highlights how trait functions can change with evolution.
Humans got smarter to care for needy infants, making them more helpless in the process
University of Rochester researchers developed a new evolutionary model that suggests human intelligence developed to meet the demands of our ...
Deep male voices might have evolved to intimidate other males, not attract females
A deep, low pitch voice is often sought after in a man, but a new study suggests this characteristic might ...
Very rare waterfall-climbing fish can walk like a salamander
Found in only eight caves on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, this eyeless fish can walk.
You need not look any further than your own body for proof of evolution
What does a weird tendon on your inner wrist have to do with evolution? This video explains.
Research team grows “dinosaur legs” on a chicken for the first time
Researchers have manipulated the genome of chicken embryos so that they develop dinosaur-like bones in their lower legs.
Evolution selects the most effective genes — even by a hundredth of a percent
A new study measuring the forces that shape bacterial genomes determined that a difference in efficiency of hundredth of a ...
The circle of life shows how all of the 2.3 million known species fit together
The latest, most complete tree is the result of a three-year effort by researchers from over a dozen institutions from ...
Evolving legs from fins was surprisingly simple, new study finds
New research shows that the first vertebrates had a surprisingly easy time adapting from fins to legs.
How our ancestor’s promiscuous genes became more discriminating.
A new study examined the way gene families evolve from ancestral genes, finding the original genes were promiscuous in that ...
Pleasant thought of the Day: the galaxy may be a graveyard full of dead aliens
Where are all the aliens? Why haven’t we seen or heard their signals from space? Could we really have been ...
How agriculture shaped our genes through natural selection
Once with the advent of agriculture, and its spread to Europe from the Near East, human society was transformed forever. ...
More young Americans support evolution in favor of creationism
As more Millennials are leaving religion in droves, or choosing not to identify with any faith, acceptance of evolution among ...
Male ruff birds cross-dress to steal females, and it’s all in their genes
Self-preservation and reproduction are the most powerful instincts, and life forms on Earth have devised all sorts of gimmicks and ...
Caught in the act: Scientists find new species of wasp evolving
The concepts of biodiversity and evolution are generally thought of as something that occurs in thousands, maybe millions of years ...
Did human hands evolved to pack a punch?
We humans arguably came to dominate the world thanks to our dexterous hands, which allow gripping tools and manipulating objects. ...
Warmer climate is making bumblebees’ tongues shorter
A new paper published Thursday in Science looks at how climate change is (out of all things) making the tongue ...
If Moore’s law applied to life, then it should be 10bn years old. But the Earth is 4.5bn years old. Hum…
Some researchers have made an interesting connection: if you measure the complexity of life or how big the genome is ...
It’s not just the genes: zebra finches show love is essential too
Love is complicated enough, even without intense scrutiny from scientists. Do we fall in love with someone because we find ...