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MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION
25,000 touch sensors, no eyes, total darkness; meet the animal that hunts at the speed of neurons, and it's not the cheetahMeet the star-nosed mole, a small creature from eastern North America. Its unique star-shaped nose is a sensory marvel. This nose allows th...- The Surprising Reason T. rex May Have Sounded More Like a BirdPopular culture imagines a roaring T. rex. However, scientists suggest this is fiction. Fossil evidence does not support loud roars. Instea...
- Some Animals Don’t Run From Snakes; They’ve Evolved to Survive the BiteAnimals are evolving diverse strategies to survive encounters with venomous snakes, moving beyond simple avoidance. Mammals like honey badg...
- Your Dog’s Personality May Be Genetically Closer to Yours Than You ThinkA groundbreaking study reveals that genes influencing personality traits like anxiety and trainability in Golden Retrievers also affect hum...
- Why Some Animals Live Alone While Others Form Complex Societies: The Genetic FactorRecent studies reveal that changes in gene regulation, not just gene sequences, are crucial for the evolution of animal social behavior. Co...
- When Dad Gets Pregnant: The Seahorse’s Amazing Brood PouchMale seahorses uniquely carry and nurture their young in a specialized brood pouch, which functions like a mammalian placenta, providing ox...
- The Hidden Biology Behind Some of the Internet’s Strangest Animal MomentsSurprising animal behaviors, from birds to amphibians, are revealing deep biological processes. Scientists are uncovering how viruses manip...
- Octopuses Dream in Color? Scientists Reveal Why Their Skin Changes During SleepOctopuses exhibit distinct sleep stages, mirroring human patterns with quiet and active phases. During active sleep, their skin displays ra...
- Why Ravens Remember Faces—and Can Hold a Grudge for YearsRavens possess a remarkable ability to remember human faces and past interactions. Scientific studies reveal these birds can identify indiv...
- Surging bird flu cases may increase human infection risk: WHOThe World Health Organization has warned that mammalian outbreaks of bird flu could facilitate transmission to humans, as avian influenza v...
- Mammalian brain size depends on the quality of parental care: StudyThe research was carried out on a sample of bird brains.
- 'Jumping gene' from plants is known to cause cancer and neurological disorders in humansCross-species transfers, even between plants and animals, have occurred frequently throughout evolution.
- Our ancestors had powerful night-time visionNew York, April 21 (IANS) New genetic evidence confirms a long-held hypothesis that our earliest mammalian ancestors indeed had powerful ni...
- Why Infosys’ board of directors faces the fury of its foundersWhile the revenue per employee for Indian companies like Infosys and TCS stays at $50,000, their global counterparts like Microsoft report ...
- New species of pika found in SikkimA new species of a small mammal in the rabbit family has been discovered in the higher altitudes of the Himalayas in Sikkim, a study has cl...
- Single brain protein made humans smartest animals on Earth?Researchers have discovered that a single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animals ...
- Bat wings could inspire better aircraft designThe findings also suggest that neurons in the bat brain respond to incoming airflow and touch signals, triggering rapid adjustments in wing...
- Less than 10% of human DNA is functional: StudyOxford University researchers have found that only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important - is "functional".
- What You SeeWe read that one of the world's leading primatologists, Jane Goodall, used to say that every time she looked into the eyes of a chimpanzee,...
- The burden of thinking animalsDoes attachment cause suffering in the animal world too? Now, there’s a modern day koan for novitiates who consider the words of the master...
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