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8 Wild Examples of Evolution Copying Itself
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSometimes, Darwinian natural selection stumbles upon the same solution more than once, in a process known as convergent evolution. Here are our favorite...
Weirdo blinking fish could hold the secrets to how our ancestors evolved to live on land, new study...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA mudskipper in a mangrove at Bako National Park. An ugly blinking fish could hold the secret to how...
Memphis Zoo is opening an interactive dinosaur exhibit. Take a peek inside
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhat do Tyrannosaurus rex and chickens have in common? Starting March 2, Memphis Zoo guests will be...
Why do so many baby animals have spots?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFawn lying curled up on bed of leaves. The animal kingdom is dotted with species that give birth to spotted young, from deer and cheetahs to birds and...
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Looks Like a Nightmare Goose
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPaleontologists discovered a 71-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur in Southern Mongolia that they...
The planet's first filter feeder could be this extinct marine reptile
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoReconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimp. Baleen whales like humpbacks,...
Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCrabby bodies are so evolutionarily favorable, they've evolved at least five different times. So why does this process, known as carcinization, keep...
What Causes the Tectonic Plates to Move?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Plate Boundary Observatory, set up in 2004 by UNAVCO (funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA) as a network of Earth-measuring...
Elephants Might Be Self-Domesticated, Scientists Argue
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of scientists is making a provocative argument about the nature of elephants. They posit...
Hoff crab: The hairy-chested crustacean that farms bacteria on its hairs
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoa hoff crab specimen on a black background The Hoff crab (Kiwa tyleri), was named after the actor...
