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Lizard tail preserved in amber sheds light on a 100-million-year-old defense mechanism
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Evolutionary ‘game-changer’: weird armoured amphibian lived in ancient seas
Fossil evidence reveals the first known fully marine amphibian, described as a weird armored bottom-feeder from the Triassic Period.
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Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals
Recent scientific studies suggest animal life may have evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditional fossil evidence indicates.
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Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea
Recent studies reveal dynamic protrusions mediating crawling motility in ancient Asgard archaea microbes.
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Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues
New research using high-speed cinematography reveals that butterfly wing patterns generate optical illusions to deceive predators during flight.
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All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch
New research reveals how butterflies utilize optical illusions created by their wings to baffle and escape predators.
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Dinosaurs Had Rotten Strategy for Nesting in the Cold
Researchers put forward a new scientific theory explaining why dinosaur eggs turned up far from the equator.
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"We Couldn't Believe What We Were Seeing": Scientists Have Discovered a Bizarre New Microbe with an "Alien" Reproductive Strategy
Scottish researchers have identified a bizarre new microbe, Caledochytrium aldermaii, which reproduces by bursting open to release internal offspring.
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Animal genomes follow irreversible 'evolutionary highways' across thousands of species
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His pelvis was made for walking. Hers? Not so much, claims study of Neanderthal bones
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Life speaks one universal language to activate genes: It speaks many more to silence them
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Octopus Brains Defy a Long-Held Rule About Why Animals Evolve Intelligence
Cephalopod intelligence is challenging established evolutionary rules by proving that social behavior is not a prerequisite for brain growth.
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Mouse found near 7,000 meters may rewrite limits of mammal survival
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Ancient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants
Researchers have identified ancient feeding-related neuropeptides that regulate alloparenting behaviors in ant colonies.
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Oo oo, ha ha: why humans and great apes giggle alike when tickled
Recent research reveals striking parallels between human and great ape laughter, suggesting deep evolutionary roots in vocal expression.
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Cockroaches Have Been Hiding a DNA Secret For Millions of Years
New genomic research reveals that cockroaches carry thousands of pieces of bacterial DNA integrated into their own genomes over millions of years.