Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their environments, providing insights into the evolution of the distinct upright postures ...

Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new research has, for the first time, identified one thing the bugs seem to fear ...

Evolutionary developmental biology is the comparative study of organismal development and how it has evolved. There is a particular focus on the genetic basis of phenotypic structures, how they change ...

Nearly all organisms exhibit codon usage bias (CUB), traditionally thought to reflect a unidirectional selection maximally matching CUB and the cellular tRNA supply. Here, the authors propose ...

The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...