#evolution

#evolution

For a mouse, survival in the wild often boils down to one urgent question: flee or freeze? The best strategy depends on which mouse you are asking.

Researchers were able to partially sequence seven proteins from a 23-million-year-old extinct rhino species, Epiaceratherium itjilik, which integrates with genomic data to redefine its place in the rhino family tree.

Carcinisation is a term that has described the crab-like form in different species, such as hermit crabs and squat lobsters, which evolved independently.

Batesian mimics gain protection when predators treat them as defended 'models' despite being palatable prey. Increasing resemblance should give a higher probability of misidentification.

Corbet noted that, no matter what else was happening in the world, Linux had just kept growing, with over 40 million lines of code today.

As William Shakespeare wrote in Macbeth, sleep is the "balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, chief nourisher in life's feast."

The study shows that urban environments are shaping the evolution of Anna's hummingbirds as they adapt their beaks to access artificial food sources.

Genomic evidence indicates that bed bugs may have been some of the earliest urban insect pests, adapting successfully to city living through genetic evolution.

The institution of slavery is not unique to human societies. No fewer than 35 species of ants depend to some extent on slave labor for their existence.

Marsupials, diverging from eutherians 160 million years ago, provide insights into mammalian embryology with unique early development processes influenced by DNA methylation.

To evolve Bisharp into Kingambit in Pokémon Go, defeat 15 dark- or steel-type Pokémon in raids with Bisharp as your buddy and use 100 Pawniard Candy.

In the game of reproduction, fathers are ahead of their sons, suggesting that while sons may not always reach their fathers' notable status, this does not indicate a decline in human capability overall.

This kind of caterpillar's favorite and only place to hunt is on spiderwebs woven in tree hollows, logs, and rock cavities. There, the caterpillar crawls around in search of any insects caught in the web.

We crave junk food—processed to have too much sugar, fat, salt—because our evolutionary drives push us towards high-calorie foods for survival.

Echidnas and another Australian oddity—the semi-aquatic platypus—are believed to have evolved from a common ancestor called Kryoryctes cadburyi that lived in Australia more than 100m years ago.