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Shark Teeth Help Scientists Uncover Predator's History
August 8, 2012 — Biologists are studying living great whites and other sharks – as well as fossilized shark teeth – to gain insight into shark behavior and ancestry using the latest in computed tomography ... > full story -
New Kenyan Fossils Shed Light on Early Human Evolution
August 8, 2012 — Exciting new fossils discovered east of Lake Turkana confirm that there were two additional species of our genus -- Homo -- living alongside our direct human ancestral species, Homo erectus, almost ... > full story -
Physics and Math Shed New Light on Biology by Mapping the Landscape of Evolution
August 8, 2012 — Researchers capture evolutionary dynamics in a new theoretical framework that could help explain some of the mysteries of how and why species change over ... > full story -
New Substances 15,000 Times More Effective in Destroying Chemical Warfare Agents
August 8, 2012 — In an advance that could be used in masks to protect against nerve gas, scientists are reporting development of proteins that are up to 15,000 times more effective than their natural counterpart in ... > full story -
Shedding New Light on How Jaws Evolve
August 7, 2012 — If you're looking for information on the evolution and function of jaws, a new integrative research program has some answers. Scientists are investigating major adaptive and morphological ... > full story -
Division of Labor Offers Insight Into the Evolution of Multicellular Life
August 7, 2012 — Dividing tasks among different individuals is a more efficient way to get things done, whether you are an ant, a honeybee or a human. A new study suggests that this efficiency may also explain a key ... > full story -
Preserving an Icon: Impact of Historical Domestic Cattle Hybridization With American Bison Revealed
August 7, 2012 — Plains bison are an iconic symbol of America on everything from coins to state flags. Now scientists are exploring how the cross-breeding of bison with domestic cattle in the late 1800s may still ... > full story -
Paddlefish's Doubled Genome May Question Theories on Limb Evolution
August 7, 2012 — The American paddlefish -- known for its bizarre, protruding snout and eggs harvested for caviar -- duplicated its entire genome about 42 million years ago, according to a new study. This finding may ... > full story -
Researchers Peek at the Early Evolution of Sex Chromosomes
August 6, 2012 — Two new studies offer insight into sex chromosome evolution by focusing on papaya, a multimillion dollar crop plant with a sexual problem (as far as growers are concerned) and a complicated ... > full story -
Ecology and Phylogenetics Together Offer New Views of Earth's Biodiversity
August 6, 2012 — Scientists are taking a new look at Earth patterns, studying the biodiversity of yard plants in the US and that of desert mammals in Israel, studying where flowers and bees live on the Tibetan ... > full story
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