Colonization of new land drives the evolution of new hummingbird species
The first comprehensive map of hummingbirds’ 22-million-year-old family tree — reconstructed based on careful analysis of 284 of…
Category: Ecology
Diversity of lake cichlid species due to unusually high gene duplication
In an effort to understand the molecular basis of adaptation in vertebrates, researchers sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of five…
Deciduous trees flourished after dinosaur-killing meteor impact
Some 66 million years ago, a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yukatan peninsula near the site of the small town of Chicxulub with the…
Early mammals diverged from reptiles much earlier than thought in the late Triassic
Paleontologists have described three new small squirrel-like species that place a poorly understood Mesozoic group of animals firmly in the…
Terrestrial alga reveal the presence of genes that enable plants to cope with life on land
By analysing the genome of a terrestrial alga, a research group including researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kazusa DNA Research…
New species of sea-dwelling mushroom-shaped organisms represent an early branch on the tree of life
New deep sea mushroom-shaped organisms discovered Organisms’ discovery spurs identification of 2 new species Scientists discovered two…
Marine protected areas should include ecologically valuable fish communities
Study finds marine protected areas inadequate for protecting fish and ocean ecology A new study reports that an expansion of marine…
Evolution of new ant species in a single ant colony via sympatric speciation
Alternate mechanism of species formation picks up support, thanks to a South American ant A newly-discovered species of ant supports a…
Atlantic killifish thrive in Superfund cleanup site thanks to beneficial mutation
Solving an evolutionary puzzle New Bedford Harbor pollution prompts PCB-resistance in Atlantic killifish For four decades, waste from nearby…
Distribution of new species of humpback dolphin coincides with Wallace’s Line
Scientists name new species of cetacean: The Australian humpback dolphin Study of dolphin group produces taxonomic clarity and a new member…