Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:52
A team of biologists has revealed that the Burmese python`s ability to ramp up its metabolism and enlarge its organs to swallow and digest prey whole can be traced to unusually rapid evolution and specialized adaptations of its genes and the way they work.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 11:49
Scientists used high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT scanning) and computer simulations to take a closer look at the dinosaur beaks.
Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 16:02
Himalayan flowers have evolved to attract bees as pollinators, scientists have found for the first time.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 16:29
A leading geneticist has claimed that human beings are the result of a cross breed between a pig and a chimp.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 19:34
Tiny amphibious fish may give an insight into how life survived the transition from aquatic to terrestrial habitats.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 13:37
Europe`s billion-star surveyor has been launched into space where it will create a highly accurate 3D map of our galaxy.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 17:05
A new analysis of Hadean mineralogy challenges the assumption that the mineral species found on Earth today are much the same as they were during Earth`s first 550 million years.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 15:01
A group of paleontologists announced the discovery of dinosaur fossil remains in the Chilean region of Magallanes, which makes them the southernmost fossils ever found in the Americas.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 15:09
Atmospheric oxygen was considerably lower in Earth`s geological past than previously assumed, scientists have found.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 14:26
NASA is preparing to launch its latest orbiter to Mars today on the hunt for clues about why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:52
Two billion years ago, the Earth system was recovering from perhaps the single-most profound modification of its surface environments: the oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 12:51
Penguins waddled into the book of life around 20 million years ago and diversified thanks to global cooling which opened up Antarctica for habitation, a study said on Wednesday.
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