From quantum computing to deep learning and ancient protein analysis, scientists are revolutionizing how we reconstruct the tree of life. Modern phylogenetic methods now merge molecular, morphological ...

For a quarter century, public health officials have spoken about bats with a kind of nervous shorthand. They are reservoirs ...

This important study probes the long-standing failure to resolve evolutionary relationships between the classical "spiralian" taxa - i.e., annelids, molluscs, brachiopods, platyhelminths and ...

Many scorpion species carry zinc and other heavy metals in their pincers and stingers, according to new research.

Only the truest of crabs move sideways. (Paul Starosta/Stone/Getty Images) As you may have heard via a barrage of internet ...

(spidroins) through long-read transcriptomics across a broad phylogenetic range, with theoretical implications for protein family evolution, biomaterials, and silk biology. By identifying putative ...

Bicharracosaurus dionidei, a newly discovered long-necked dinosaur species, is reshaping how scientists understand the ...

Scientists have formally described a new species of Dillenia from a single site in Manipur's remote Choro village, Kamjong ...

Researchers have provided new insights into the evolutionary origin of sideways walking in crabs. Their study, published ...

A scientist from The James Hutton Institute has been awarded £8000 by the Royal Society of Edinburgh to investigate peatland restoration ...