Evolution Diary

Fossil steroids found underground in Oman show that early Earth was the scene of a sea sponge heyday more than 635 million years ago. (…)

The discovery of fossilised remains belonging to the world’s largest snake has been reported in Nature journal. (…)

Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors that enable them to escape from the ants, as well as by developing longer hind legs, which can increase the effectiveness of this behavior. (…)

Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his documentaries. (…)