Arachnid evolution involved multiple land transitions, not just one. Spiders and scorpions evolved key traits through gene ...

A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...

This study is led by Dr. Zhu L. Yang (Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of ...

Thaxterogaster is the second largest genus within the family Cortinariaceae, comprising nearly 200 species worldwide. However, the diversity of the genus in China remains largely unknown. Based on ...

The early lineages of hexapods (broadly defined insects) have long been debated. Researchers at University of Tsukuba and ...

Discover the fascinating world of extra nipples and supernumerary breasts, a natural variation found in humans and other ...

A 69-million-year-old fossilized skull unearthed in Antarctica could rewrite the history of modern birds. The nearly complete skull belongs to Vegavis iaai, a prehistoric waterfowl species that lived ...

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...

From the 1940s, the ability to examine genetic material gave rise to a new type of classification, called phylogeny. The phylogenetic method groups or separates organisms based on how much of their ...

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