A study of wild African herbivores offers new insight into how environmental conditions—not just diet and anatomy—can ...
At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...
A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur, Joaquinraptor casali, preyed on the soggy ...
The evolution of animal visual systems and their associated photoreceptor genes represents a vibrant field of study that bridges molecular biology, ecology and neurophysiology. At the core of these ...
Scientists have confirmed that the Atlas blue butterfly carries the most chromosomes of any animal, with 229 pairs. Unlike duplication, its chromosomes split apart, reshaping its genome in surprising ...
An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...
Papers presented at the 7th Spring Systematics Symposium of the Field Museum, Chicago, May 1984. Homology, analogy, and the evolution of behavior / George V. Lauder -- Social and unsocial behavior in ...