A new UC study has looked at the evolutionary significance of super genes and their potential role in species survival.

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Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies ...

So why evolve bright warning signals when camouflage could also deter predators? The answer lies in the local predator ...

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University “Skunk!” I slammed on the brakes and pulled to the side of the road. Before my ...

GUANGZHOU -- Chinese researchers have discovered a new insect species, Eidoreus haizhuensis, in a wetland in Guangzhou, the capital city of South China's Guangdong province, the Guangdong Academy of ...

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

From disaster zones to extreme environments, there remain areas difficult for even humans to reliably access. This poses a ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these ...

Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...

InsectNet -- which is backed by a dataset of 12 million insect images, including many collected by citizen-scientists -- provides identification and predictions for more than 2,500 insect species at ...

Greenhouse Grower recently reached out to Janna Beckerman, Ph.D., Ornamentals Technical Specialist-Green Solutions Team at Envu Environmental Sciences, to learn more about how greenhouse growers are ...