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Why Aren't We Smarter Already? Evolutionary Limits on Cognition
December 7, 2011 — We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. But maybe smarter isn't really all that better. ... > full storyMore: -
North America's Biggest Dinosaur Revealed
December 7, 2011 — New research has unveiled enormous bones from North America's biggest dinosaur. Researchers collected two gigantic vertebrae and a femur in New Mexico. The bones belong to the sauropod dinosaur ... > full story -
World's First Super Predator Had Remarkable Vision
December 7, 2011 — Scientists working on fossils from Kangaroo Island, South Australia, have found eyes belonging to a giant 500 million-year-old marine predator that sat at the top of the earth's first food ... > full story -
New Horned Dinosaur Announced Nearly 100 Years After Discovery
December 6, 2011 — A new species of horned dinosaur was just announced by an international team of scientists, nearly 100 years after the initial discovery of the fossil. The animal, named Spinops sternbergorum, lived ... > full story -
Acquired Traits Can Be Inherited Via Small RNAs
December 5, 2011 — Researchers have found the first direct evidence that an acquired trait can be inherited without any DNA involvement. The findings suggest that Lamarck, whose theory of evolution was eclipsed by ... > full story -
A Vaccination Against Social Prejudice
December 1, 2011 — Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research still shows that when people feel ... > full story -
Ancient Environment Found to Drive Marine Biodiversity
November 24, 2011 — Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record -- but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on ... > full storyMore: -
Spiders, Webs and Insects: A New Perspective on Evolutionary History
November 24, 2011 — The orb web, typical of a large number of spider species, has a single evolutionary origin, according to molecular phylogenetic research. The study presents the hypothesis that the diversification of ... > full story -
They Call It 'Guppy Love': Biologists Solve an Evolution Mystery
November 23, 2011 — Guppies in the wild have evolved over at least half-a-million years -- long enough for the males' coloration to change dramatically. Yet an orange patch on the male has remained remarkably stable. ... > full story -
Studying Bat Skulls, Evolutionary Biologists Discover How Species Evolve
November 23, 2011 — A new study involving bat skulls, bite force measurements and scat samples collected by an international team of evolutionary biologists is helping to solve a nagging question of evolution: Why some ... > full story
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