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Fig. 1: Saccus xixiangensis gen. et sp. nov. Credit: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112635 An international research team has made…

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons. Editor’s note: Welcome to an Evolution News tradition: a countdown of our Top 10 favorite stories of the…

Fruit flies are generally highly susceptible to parasitic wasps, but some have stolen a gene from bacteria that makes them…

The WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) continues to closely monitor the genetic and antigenic evolution of…

Photo: Puget Sound from West Seattle, by David Klinghoffer. On a classic episode of ID the Future, Canceled Science author and physicist…

Heterogeneity is ubiquitous in real-world host populations, yet most theories assume homogeneity. Using a metapopulation model, we examine how host…

Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle movement, but these signals typically pass through spinal interneurons before…

Photo: Bust of Epicurus, via Wikimedia Commons. In a podcast arranged to coincide with the publication of my Taking Leave of…

Photo: Bret Weinstein, by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Editor’s note: Welcome to an Evolution News tradition: a…

A comparison of the fast-growing fish-eating Baltic herring (Slåttersill in Swedish) and slow-growing plankton-eating spring- and autumn-spawning Baltic herring. Credit:…