Evolution: Features that help in finding a mate may lead to smaller brains
A longstanding question in evolutionary biology is how sexual selection influences how entire genomes develop. Sexual ...
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From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation
Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...
Cloaked in color: Research finds some female hummingbirds evolve male plumage to dodge aggression
Why do humans wear clothes? One reason is that changing outfits allows people to tailor their look in hopes of attracting or ...
Evolution: features that help finding a mate may lead to smaller brains
Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with ...
Scientists Discover Pregnancy Permanently Expands the Gut in Ways We Never Expected
Pregnancy permanently lengthens the small intestine in mice, enhancing nutrient absorption for mother and offspring. Genetic ...
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Scientists Finally Know How The World's Weirdest Bacteria Triggered A Sex Change In This Creature
The world's weirdest bacteria might just be this one. Image an organism causing sex changes to whoever it infects. Truth is ...
Bird science has a bro-bias
“People tend to have an unconscious bias towards male birds, and that’s often because they’re brighter and easier to identify ...
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Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day ...
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Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...
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Biology of Giant Honeybees
The giant honeybees compose an ancient subgenus (Megapis) with several forms in Asia. The lowland form, Apis dorsataFabricius, 1793, is widespread from Pakistan to eastern Indonesia, with geographic ...
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The female body has been ignored by science. ‘Eve’ shows why it shouldn’t be.
Author and researcher Cat Bohannon will be in Baltimore to discuss “Eve,” her nonfiction book on the intricate history of the importance of the female body in human evolution.
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Evolutionary Perspectives and Women Leading the Way in AI
From an evolutionary standpoint, women’s leadership traits can be viewed as extensions of roles that females have played ...