News articles tagged with 'evolution' (Page 44)
Remains of earliest giant panda discovered
— 19 Jun 2007 00:02 | Geology and palaeontologyAlthough it may sound like an oxymoron, a University of Iowa anthropologist and his colleagues report the first discovery of a skull from a pygmy-sized giant panda - the earliest-known…
When lava flows and glaciers recede, predicting how species take over
— 23 May 2007 16:58 | EnvironmentWhenever an event such as a fire, clear cut, or lava flow creates an empty habitat, species arrive, interact, and assemble to form a new ecological community - a process known as succession.…
Ebola outbreaks killing thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees
— 18 Apr 2007 00:05 | EnvironmentWhy have large outbreaks of Ebola virus killed tens of thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees over the last decade? Observations published in the May issue of The American Naturalist…
Fossil discovery marks earliest record of limbloss in ancient lizard
— 22 Mar 2007 20:22 | Geology and palaeontologyA University of Alberta palaeontologist has helped discover the existence of a 95 million-year-old snakelike marine animal, a finding that provides not only the earliest example of…
New mammal from Mesozoic Era discovered
— 15 Mar 2007 02:52 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of American and Chinese palaeontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei…
New study rewrites evolutionary history of vespid wasps
— 5 Mar 2007 07:00 | BiologyScientists at the University of Illinois have conducted a genetic analysis of vespid wasps that revises the vespid family tree and challenges long-held views about how the wasps social…