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Most Birds Lack Ideal Wing Shapes for Flight: Study
58+ min ago (549+ words) The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that many bird species possess wing shapes surprisingly ill-suited to their flight performance. In contrast, penguins and hummingbirds stand out as exceptions, having evolved wing shapes closely matched to their specialised style of…...
Scientists Unearthed a 100-Foot Dinosaur Fossil So Heavy It Cracked the Road Beneath During Transport
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (543+ words) A dinosaur so massive, it left a mark on the road itself. But this colossal creature has a lot more to reveal than just its size. A massive dinosaur fossil discovered in Argentina's Patagonia region caused a traffic accident during…...
Clusia genomes shed light on the evolution and diversity of crassulacean acid metabolism physiotypes - Nature Communications
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (1705+ words) Overall, karyotype and sequencing analyses suggest that C. major represents a diploidized tetraploid, here treated as functional pseudo-diploid. C. minor seems to be a diploidized hexaploid, hereafter referred to as pseudo-triploid, and C. rosea may represent a diploidized octoploid, referred to as pseudo-tetraploid…...
The Surprising Intelligence of Octopuses Explained
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (588+ words) Home " News " The Surprising Intelligence of Octopuses Explained Octopuses belong to the cephalopod family, which diverged from our evolutionary lineage over 500 million years ago. This makes their intelligence particularly remarkable'it evolved completely independently from the vertebrate brain. While mammals developed…...
Scientists discover 75-million-year-old mammal that survived the dinosaur era
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Lasers reveal sharks' ages with unprecedented precision
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (467+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more The new research technique is far more accurate than traditional aging, offering a breakthrough in protecting the Speartooth Shark, which has fewer than 2, 500 individuals left. Researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique to determine the…...
Shockingly Powerful Giant Octopuses Ruled the Seas 100 Million Years Ago
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Oxford research changes scientists" understanding of the development of complex life
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (420+ words) cherwell. org Oxford research changes scientists" understanding of the development of complex life A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Oxford"s Museum of Natural History and Oxford"s Department of Earth Science, alongside experts from Yunnan University…...
Fossils reveal platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago
12+ hour, 2+ min ago (752+ words) Artist's impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. (Gen Conway / Flinders University Palaeontology Lab via SWNS) Platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago, reveals an…...
When a mountain collapsed in Mexico, light fell upon an underground lake. What happened next was remarkable
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (405+ words) How a unique cave ecosystem helped researchers understand the genetic basis of blindness in cavefish. R Kellermeyer et al. Eyelessness has evolved many times in the animal kingdom. Creatures that dwell in the dark no longer need visual perception. Over…...