Evolution Diary

Amount of androgen in eggs alters the development and behavior of nestlings
Current research emphasizes the role of maternal effects in fostering the adaptation of organisms to a changing environment. (…)

Boulder, Colorado, USA – An extraordinary underwater trackway with 12 consecutive prints provides the most compelling evidence to-date that some dinosaurs were swimmers. (…)

COLUMBIA, Mo. – While in Thailand, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher found a treasure-trove of previously unknown information about aquatic insects in the country. (…)

Cannibalism of the young allows individual fish to specialize
Fish species with resource polymorphism all exhibit early cannibalism
If you go fishing for Arctic char you may end up catching distinctly different-looking individuals although they were all caught in the same lake. (…)

First in a petri dish and now on live salamanders, probiotic bacteria seem to repel a deadly fungus being blamed for worldwide amphibian deaths and even extinctions. (…)