The "grotesque" baobab tree has long been known as the "tree of life" for its ability to create and maintain its own ecosystem in arid regions. Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, people have ...

In the most comprehensive global analysis of genetic diversity ever undertaken, an international team of scientists has found that the genetic diversity is being lost across the globe but that ...

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Tree diagrams have been used in evolutionary biology since the time of Charles ... diverged lineages or deep splits in the tree of life. Indeed, the most basic postulate of evolutionary theory ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according ... most aspects of our biology," says Dr. Notredame.

The “Tree of Life” on Kalaloch Beach in Olympic National ... “This tree goes against all the rules of science and biology. It shouldn’t be standing. It shouldn’t be alive.

As Russian biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky noted in the title of his 1973 essay, “Nothing in biology ... life continues to evolve.” Florian Block, lead developer of NOVA's web version of Deep ...

Trishan: What does biology tell us about what it means to ... we're related to everything around us. You know, it's a tree of life. If you look at a tree and you see it comes up and then divides ...