Skiphousoura life reconstruction

The Sciences

New Flying Lizard Species Fills in Evolutionary Gap for Pterosaurs 

brown bears fighting in the water

Planet Earth

Bears Attacking — and Eating — Other Bears Is Considered Normal

The terror bird’s left tibiotarsus

Largest ‘Terror Bird’ Fossil Identified — Sat Atop Food Chain 12 Million Years Ago

common frog eymbros

Animal Embryos Can Sense Predators and Food While Still Inside the Egg

wild rabbit outside burrow

Besides a Cozy Home, Burrowing May Have Given Animals an Evolutionary Advantage

Life Studies

Robots That Mimic Ancient Creatures Could Recreate Key Moments in Evolution

Uninhabited Galapagos Island

Language Evolves Over Time and Islands Can Drive Linguistic Diversity

Darwin's Finch

Musical Experiment Links Climate and Environment to Darwin's Finch Evolutionary Change 

death adder

How Evolutionary Traps Plague the Animal Kingdom

Fish-Taster-Legs

Researchers Discover How a Fish With Legs Uses Them To Find Food

A live recreation of the Ngamugawi wirngarri coelacanth swimming underwater in its natural habitat

Pivotal Ancient Fish Fossils Mark a Key Turning Point in a Slow Evolution 

Fossilized Neanderthal Thorin Bones

New Neanderthal Lineage From 100,000 Years Ago Helps Explain Their Extinction

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进化

新发现的飞行蜥蜴物种填补了翼龙的进化空白

熊攻击和吃掉其他熊被认为是正常的

最大“恐怖鸟”化石被鉴定——1200万年前曾位于食物链顶端

动物胚胎在蛋内就能感知捕食者和食物

除了舒适的家，挖洞可能还给了动物进化的优势

模仿古代生物的机器人或能重现进化关键时刻

语言随时间演变，岛屿可驱动语言多样性

音乐实验将气候和环境与达尔文的雀鸟进化联系起来

进化陷阱如何困扰动物王国

研究人员发现有腿的鱼如何利用它们寻找食物

古老的鱼类关键化石标志着缓慢演化的重要转折点

10万年前发现的新尼安德特人谱系有助于解释他们的灭绝

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