Tag: evolution
Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking...
James T. Stroud, Georgia Institute of Technology
Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban...
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may...
Daniel Brady Mills, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Jason Wright, Penn State, and Jennifer L. Macalady, Penn State
A...
Ferns’ ability to evolve ‘backward’ offers insights into the meandering path...
Jacob S. Suissa, University of Tennessee
Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d...
Horses lived in the Americas for millions of years – new...
Stephanie Killingsworth, University of Florida and Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida
Many people assume that horses first came...
Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands...
Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
A few years ago, I had the opportunity...
Deadly fungus Candida auris is spreading across US hospitals – a...
Arif R. Sarwari, West Virginia University
In late March 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted...
One easy way to fight antibiotic resistance? Good hand hygiene
Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft, Georgia Institute of Technology
Can washing your hands help stop the evolution of antibiotic resistance? Mathematically,...
Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what...
Andrey Vyshedskiy, Boston University
You can easily picture yourself riding a bicycle across the sky even though that’s not...
EXPLORING NATURE
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Institution, and Ximena Bernal, Purdue University
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