Evolution
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Anemones are first known animals to follow the sun like plants do
A snakelocks anemone in a laboratory tank Vengamanaidu Modepalli Photosynthetic anemones do something that was thought to be limited to…
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Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduce sexually, not both
An evolutionary trade-off gives only some planarians regenerative abilities Rattiya Thongdumhyu/Shutterstock Planarians, flatworms known for their goofy cross-eyed gazes, may…
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Starfish don’t have a body – they’re just a big squished head
A juvenile Patiria miniata starfish with fluorescent stains highlighting its skeleton, muscles and nervous system Laurent Formery Scientists trying to…
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Wing-flapping robot helps explain the evolution of insect flight
The tobacco hawk moth (Manduca sexta) Jay Ondreicka/Shutterstock Some insects can flap their wings so rapidly that it’s impossible for…
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Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms
Say goodbye to all of this, eventually R.M. Nunes/Alamy Almost all land mammals on Earth will die out in 250…
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Global conservation mission plans to follow in Darwin’s footsteps
By Euronews Green with Reuters Published on 15/08/2023 – 13:43 The expedition hopes to visit 32 ports including some of the world’s…
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Ocean bacteria may be closest relatives of mitochondria in our cells
Mitochondria, like this one, are found inside our cells, but their ancestors would have been free-living bacteria CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…
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Pump Your Own Gas—And Fuel Your Finances
Did you know there is still a place in the U.S. that requires you to sit in your car and…
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Animals that care for young may have more mutations and evolve faster
An experiment in beetles shows that when parents care for their young, the population accumulates more mutations over time, but…
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Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
The conventional view of the age of the dinosaurs is that mammals lived in the shadows until the day the…
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