A study looking at the genetics of two related crow subspecies provides a snapshot of speciation in action - one of the most interesting processes in biology by which new species arise.
Read ItThe fish swimming in our oceans are more complex and diverse than many would assume. They are the first true vertebrates, but have subsequently divided into many different groups, with the first...
Read ItSex has long been an intriguing topic for biologists. Traditional sexual reproduction requires a large amount of energy and even more energy when we consider the time to find a right partner. That ...
Read ItWhy is it that fish have gills and marine mammals do not? How can some whales hold their breath for 90 minutes yet a human can only manage a measly 2 minutes? A recent paper published by Yim et ...
Read ItMountain gorillas have been isolated from eastern lowland gorillas for about 400,000 years. These two subspecies separated from their western counterpart around 2 million years ago.
Read ItAnyone who's spent any length of time in the tropics comes to develop an intimate relationship with Aedes aegypti, the domestic mosquito. Although everyone at some point has felt the red-raised itc...
Read ItEver heard of the nursery rhyme “What are Little Boys Made Of?”? There was a time when it was the go-to explanation parents could give their inquisitive children when asked the awkward question ...
Read ItA study published by Nature in 2014 linked genetics to ecology to find the answer to an old puzzle. Until then researchers across the world were not sure of what determined the genetic diversity...
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