Evolution, illustrated
<p>What do you get when you put together several tons of steel plates, hundreds of mice, a few evolutionary and molecular biologists and a tiny Nebraska town near the South Dakota...
View ArticleWhich animals will survive climate change?
<p>Climate change is exacerbating problems like habitat loss and temperatures swings that have already pushed many animal species to the brink. But can scientists predict which animals will be...
View ArticleThe secret lives of Darwin's finches reveal daily commutes the equivalent of...
<p>Using radio transmitters, scientists have gained new insights into the behaviour of medium ground finches in the Galapagos Islands. A study led by McGill University researchers reveals daily...
View ArticleA new understanding of reptile colouration
<p>Snakes and mice don’t look alike. But much of what we know about skin colouration and patterning in vertebrates generally, including in snakes, is based on lab mice. However, there are limits...
View ArticleWhat skin piercings can teach us about environmental change
<p>In <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1174">a new study</a> from McGill University, researchers bring science into an unexpected setting: a tattoo parlor. In this first...
View ArticleHow does one species become many?
<p>Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species – that is, an “adaptive radiation” – is the result of each species...
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