In parallel evolution, closely related species that live apart independently evolve similar traits when confronted with similar environmental challenges. For example, the ancestors of living ...

Scientists explore gene editing to restore genetic diversity and help endangered species adapt to disease, climate change, ...

The diversity of present tree species is shaped by climate change in the last 21,000 years A global survey of 1000 forest areas shows how past climate change has had a big impact on today's ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also influence the evolution of species. In the study, "Direct effects of ...

More information: Correlated evolution of wing morphology and echolocation calls in bats, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2022). DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1031548 ...

To test whether post-mating selection processes also favored conspecific males, researchers observed matings between female fruit flies and males of the same species or a closely related species ...

University of Bath. "Global cooling caused diversity of species in orchids, confirms study." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 July 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230710180446.htm>.

First human species: Homo habilis, which lived from about 2.0 to 1.6 million years ago Number of species on Earth: Around 9 million You can thank evolution for the diversity of life, from ...

It is why life takes "such endless forms most beautiful and wonderful," as British biologist Charles Darwin wrote in his famous 1859 book " On the Origin of Species." You can thank evolution for ...