It turns out humans aren’t the only ones checking out what their neighbors are doing when looking for ideas on how to make life easier. All species adapt and evolve in a variety of ways. In fact, ...

Pokemon delivered fans a great new idea in Generation Seven when they came up with the idea of regional forms. These are new versions of old Pokemon that have evolved differently based on the region ...

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Scientists have uncovered that mushrooms evolved the ability to make psilocybin not once but twice, using completely ...

Wiglett's reveal for the upcoming Pokemon Scarlet and Violet games has left many fans divided about regional fakes as a concept, but just as when regional forms were first introduced there's actually ...

In a recent study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, an international team of researchers presented a detailed account of the unique evolutionary trajectory of the severe acute respiratory ...

Over millions of years, lobsters, crayfish, and even distant species have all evolved into something strikingly crab-like.

Researchers identified the proteins of a CO2-fixing organelle, namely, 'pyrenoid,' in the marine algal group Chlorarachniophyta and revealed various pyrenoid-associated proteins among algal groups, ...

Australian skinks possess a remarkable natural immunity to deadly snake venom, stemming from a genetic mutation in a critical ...

Over the last couple of months researchers tracking emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants have started noticing something strange. No one new variant has looked like taking over but instead a variety of ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by Nicole Grunstra from the University of Vienna and Anne Le Maître from the ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Plants and algae fix carbon through photosynthesis, which converts CO 2 to organic carbon. This biological process is catalyzed by the Rubisco enzyme, the most abundant protein on Earth ...