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Published Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago



Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine inverte ...
Published An evolutionary mystery 125 million years in the making



Plant biologists have uncovered an evolutionary mystery over 100 million years in the making. It tur ...
Published Butterfly and moth genomes mostly unchanged despite 250 million years of evolution



Comparison of over 200 high-quality butterfly and moth genomes reveals key insights into their biolo...
Published New butterfly species created 200,000 years ago by two species interbreeding



Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species...
Published Scientists untangle interactions between the Earth's early life forms and the environment over 500 million years



The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways ...
Published Mass extinction 66 million years ago triggered rapid evolution of bird genomes



Study finds that the mass extinction caused by an asteroid about 66 million years ago led to critica ...
Published The evolution of photosynthesis better documented thanks to the discovery of the oldest thylakoids in fossil cyanobacteria



Researchers have identified microstructures in fossil cells that are 1.75 billion years old. These s ...
Published 360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood - 360-Million-Year-Old Irish Fossil Provides Oldest Evidence of Plant Self-Defense in Wood



Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood in a 360-million-year-o ...
Published It would take 23 million years for evolution to replace Madagascar's endangered mammals - It Would Take 23 Million Years for Evolution to Replace Madagascar's Endangered Mammals


90% of the plants and animals on Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, but this treasure trove...
Published Scientists extract genetic secrets from 4,000-year-old teeth to illuminate the impact of changing human diets over the centuries



Researchers have recovered remarkably preserved microbiomes from two teeth dating back 4,000 years, ...
Published Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago



According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's...
Published Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought



Scientists have explored the puzzling world of rays that lived 150 million years ago and discovered ...
Published Entomologist sheds light on 250-year-old mystery of the German cockroach



Entomologists have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most prevalent indoor urban pest ins ...
Published Bees evolved from ancient supercontinent, diversified faster than suspected



The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study show ...
Published 200-year-old DNA helps map tiny fly's genetic course to new lands, modern times



Researchers have extracted and analyzed DNA from fruit flies housed in museum collections in Lund, S...
Published Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull



X-rays of an ancient jawless fish shows earliest-known example of internal cartilage skull, unlike t...
Published Scientists have solved the damselfly color mystery



For over 20 years, a research team has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three ...
Published 450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics



Researchers have used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitids, a marin...
Published Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later



A new study has reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived...
Published A mixed origin made maize successful



Maize is one of the world's most widely grown crops. It is used for both human and animal foods and...