Predictable evolution: Surprising genetic parallels found in animals' separate journeys from water to land

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...
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Explore Animal Adaptations | Smithsonian Video for Kids

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In this video, you will be guided to make observations of three different animals and their adaptations for survival. Even the youngest learners ...
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Andrew Hess: Animal health, adaptation, and grazing environment

Andrew Hess, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in interdepartmental genetics (animal breeding and genetics, with a statistics minor) from Iowa State University in 2016. He is an assistant professor of ...
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Shining a light on the effects of habituation and neural adaptation on the evolution of animal signals

A new paper examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology -- habituation and neural adaptation -- on the efficacy of mate choice ...
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Climate change is already forcing lizards, insects and other species to evolve – and most can’t keep up

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