Scientists say the causes are deeply rooted in evolutionary history and can be observed in many species.
The Breugnathair elgolensis which means “false snake of Elgol,” is one of the oldest lizard fossils ever found.
Global warming and intensifying wildfires are disrupting dragonfly mating patterns, threatening to push some species toward local extinction.
The fossil find sheds new light on the evolution of extra teeth.
Scientists analyzed microbial DNA from 483 mammoth specimens, of which 440 were sequenced for the first time.
“We’ve finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from.”
Until now, scientists believed that squids only began to flourish after the mass extinction event that ended the age of dinosaurs.
When living things are faced with dramatic shifts in the world around them, they sometimes rapidly adapt to better survive.