Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum exhibit unique combinations of characteristics that challenge longstanding views on molluscan evolution ... stand out among early molluscs for their distinctive ...

The findings were made by researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and are published today in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. Remarkably, the study found that ...

But these six – including our own phylum, chordates, plus arthropods and molluscs – are the most abundant, widespread and successful animals on the planet. Receive a weekly dose of discovery ...

From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

The second stage, Emergent Stage 2, occurred around 570 million years ago with the evolution of simple nervous ... and cephalopod molluscs such as octopuses) to be capable of subjective ...

The field of evolution examines how organisms adapt to their environments over generations, but what about the evolution of evolution itself? Researchers have long questioned why biological ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Esvelt’s entanglement with evolution began early. As a child, he visited the Galápagos, and was captivated by the islands’ stunning array of ...

Unlike the perfect stone used for those buildings, the Portland stone we’re using around our bronze Diplodocus has fossils of marine molluscs in it. In our Evolution Garden you’ll see columnar basalt.

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved.