Browsing: Evolution

Hazard monkeys come in a variety of colors and harbor photosynthetic algae in their shells.dakota mccoy Heart-shaped mollusks have evolved tiny windows that function like fiber…

Genetic defect leaves half of crested newts doomed to die before hatching – now we know how this mysterious evolutionary anomaly came about

Yellowfin marmots live in colonies with a single dominant maleMaria Janicki/Alamy Friendly groups of marmots could help settle an enduring debate in evolutionary theory about whether…

Diagram of proteins from a unicellular organism called Haloferax volcaniiFrancisco J. Enguita/Science Photo Library When certain unicellular microorganisms are compressed, they develop into multicellular tissue-like structures…

The white-striped goby uses its legs to search for food on the seafloorAnnick Grierson A striking fish that lives on the Atlantic Ocean’s ocean floor has…

A giant tree-like cactus called a saguaro in Arizona, USASusan E. Degginger / Alamy Below is an excerpt from our nature newsletter, Wild Wild Life. Sign…

A tailless bat drinking nectar from a flowerNathan Muchala Some flowers may have evolved long stems to make them easier for echolocating bats to find. Like…

Smaller pterosaurs may have flapped their wings, while larger ones may have flown.Terryl Whitlatch Despite living hundreds of millions of years apart, pterosaurs may be more…

The vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) actually has fewer teeth than most bats.Michael & Patricia Fogden/Minden Pictures/Alamy biteBill Schutt (Algonquin Books) Our evolutionary history is marked by…

After 30 days, the algae in the middle was still single-celled. But as the scientists examined algae from thicker and thicker rings under a microscope, they…