Two ecologists explain why a misleading map is worse than no map at all, and how they have worked for years to track the emergences of 13-year and 17-year cicadas.

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21.05.2025

For long-tailed tits, it really does take a village

The evolutionary reason so many birds help raise other parents’ chicks.

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15.05.2025

Improving human beings to make them perform better: Why is transhumanism so harmful?

The technoscientific ambition to improve human beings, as promoted by transhumanists, is the ultimate expression of the political refusal to change our world.

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15.05.2025

Newly discovered frog species from 55 million years ago challenges evolutionary tree

The new species is the earliest known Australian tree frog.

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08.05.2025

Antibiotic resistance dates back millions of years, with important lessons for modern medicine

Antibiotic resistance has played a key role in the evolution and survival of bacteria.

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03.05.2025

How dogs and cats are evolving to look alike and why it’s humans’ fault – new research

Human fashion can be as powerful as millions of years of evolution – and it’s harming our pets.

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01.05.2025

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

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01.05.2025

Who would win in a fight between 100 men and 1 gorilla? An evolutionary expert weighs in

Beyond the jokes and memes, this silly debate provides an opportunity to reflect on human evolution.

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01.05.2025

Our ape cousins show us empathy has deep evolutionary roots – new research

It may be time to move on from species stereotypes.

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29.04.2025

Echidna ancestors lived watery lifestyles like platypuses 100 million years ago – new study

A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence might support it.

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29.04.2025

1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth

The microbes living here were dramatically disrupted – and the future of life on Earth changed.

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26.04.2025

How human connections shaped the spread of farming among ancient communities

Human history has been shaped by interactions between communities.

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21.04.2025

A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

Bird beaks are incredibly diverse – but there’s a way to explain the pattern of their evolution.

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11.04.2025

We study ‘planktivores’ – and found an amazing diversity of shapes among plankton-feeding fishes

Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s not always the case.

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11.04.2025

How AI could influence the evolution of humanity – podcast

Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks talks to The Conversation Weekly about AI’s potential to influence our evolution.

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08.04.2025

How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

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04.04.2025

The bizarre-looking dinosaur challenging what we know about the evolution of fingers

Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs, which look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren’t just funny looking fossils. As my team’s new research shows, they can help us understand how…

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04.04.2025

1 trillion species, 3 billion years: how we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

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04.04.2025

Bonobos create phrases in similar ways to humans, new study suggests

Human language is not as unique as we think.

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01.04.2025

How viruses blur the boundaries of life

The question of whether viruses are alive or dead is a controversial one in science.

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28.03.2025

Wild marmots’ social networks reveal controversial evolutionary theory in action

Multilevel selection is a controversial concept originally proposed by Darwin. A new study found evidence for it in the wild in a group of marmots scientists have been observing for more than 60 years.

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26.03.2025

Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work

A decade of fieldwork is revealing how one of biology’s fundamental principles works in real time.

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25.03.2025

What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out

Advances in technology are making it easier to explore this question.

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22.03.2025

How dramatic daily swings in oxygen shaped early animal life – new study

Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.

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20.03.2025

Evolution: features that help finding a mate may lead to smaller brains

Males and females differing in body size is a common outcome of sexual selection.

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15.03.2025

Western Europe’s oldest human face discovered in Spain

The bone fragments belong to an extinct species of human who lived 1.4 million years ago.

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13.03.2025

We modelled how early human ancestors ran – and found they were surprisingly slow

There has been much debate over the years as to exactly how “Lucy” walked.

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07.03.2025

New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief

Evolution walks a tightrope between body size and cancer prevalence

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01.03.2025

How evolution might explain impatience

Human minds were shaped in a different world to the one we live in today.

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26.02.2025

Smart is sexy – new study on fish doing puzzles hints intelligence partly evolved via sexual selection

A better brain might help an animal find more mates, have more sex, and eventually have more babies.

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19.02.2025

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.

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19.02.2025

Why did life evolve to be so colourful? Research is starting to give us some answers

If evolution had taken a different turn, nature would be missing some colours.

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19.02.2025

How the human neck became a locus of power, beauty and frailty

The neck’s vitality and vulnerability are rooted in a quirky evolutionary history.

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19.02.2025

Hard bites and slow songs: How beak size affects the singing and evolution of songbirds

Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The musical differences that result may have consequences for evolution.

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16.01.2025

Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws – here’s why that matters for conservation

The findings echo Charles Darwin’s research with finches nearly two centuries ago.

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How did humans evolve such rotten genetics?

Your smartphone is a parasite, according to evolution

This rare alpine frog is fighting against a lethal fungus – by breeding faster and faster

What the hidden rhythms of orangutan calls can tell us about language – new research

From furry friends to fish, turning up the heat helps animals fight germs − how Mother Nature’s cure offers humans a lesson on fever

Billions of cicadas are emerging, from Cape Cod to north Georgia – here’s how and why we map them

For long-tailed tits, it really does take a village

Improving human beings to make them perform better: Why is transhumanism so harmful?

Newly discovered frog species from 55 million years ago challenges evolutionary tree

Antibiotic resistance dates back millions of years, with important lessons for modern medicine

How dogs and cats are evolving to look alike and why it’s humans’ fault – new research

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

Who would win in a fight between 100 men and 1 gorilla? An evolutionary expert weighs in

Our ape cousins show us empathy has deep evolutionary roots – new research

Echidna ancestors lived watery lifestyles like platypuses 100 million years ago – new study

1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth

How human connections shaped the spread of farming among ancient communities

A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

We study ‘planktivores’ – and found an amazing diversity of shapes among plankton-feeding fishes

How AI could influence the evolution of humanity – podcast

How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

The bizarre-looking dinosaur challenging what we know about the evolution of fingers

1 trillion species, 3 billion years: how we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

Bonobos create phrases in similar ways to humans, new study suggests

How viruses blur the boundaries of life

Wild marmots’ social networks reveal controversial evolutionary theory in action

Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work

What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out

How dramatic daily swings in oxygen shaped early animal life – new study

Evolution: features that help finding a mate may lead to smaller brains

Western Europe’s oldest human face discovered in Spain

We modelled how early human ancestors ran – and found they were surprisingly slow

New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief

How evolution might explain impatience

Smart is sexy – new study on fish doing puzzles hints intelligence partly evolved via sexual selection

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

Why did life evolve to be so colourful? Research is starting to give us some answers

How the human neck became a locus of power, beauty and frailty

Hard bites and slow songs: How beak size affects the singing and evolution of songbirds

Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws – here’s why that matters for conservation

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