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The Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) has said that more than 120 volunteers have registered to fly on a manned journey to Mars expected in 2007. The recruitment is conti…
The Korean Ministry of Science and Technology is embarking on the first astronaut selection for the country with the intention of becoming the 35th country in the world…
It was thanks to Charles Darwin's tireless efforts that evolution became gradually shaped by the scientific community.
White flower clover is capable of growing strongly even in harsh living conditions. This is a vital factor when their current living environment is continuously narrowed…
A recent study shows that ants have abandoned the model
Drosophila melanogaster genomes show natural selection and these flies return to Africa. This publication was published in the Journal of Genetics and PloS Genetics this…
Researcher Christopher A. Cullis has found that the environment not only eliminates harmful and useless mutations through natural selection, but also affects beneficial…
The phenomenon of couples between same-sex individuals is not only very popular in the animal world, but also a necessary adaptation to maintain species development.
In nature, prey and predators always develop in two opposite directions: one side is the defender and the other always promotes offensive weapons.
The weta crickets are indeed huge. Weighing up to 20 grams, they are one of the heaviest insects in the world. But the male is only half that size.
In an experiment that was first conducted in nature, evolutionary biologists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have obtained evidence of one of Charles Darwin'…
An international team of researchers has documented an unusual example of the natural selection of tropical butterfly species - speaking in terms of genetics - counter-a…
This story about butterflies in Samoa is an example of the fastest natural selection observed so far, and shows that evolution can accelerate when a major threat arises.
In the 'bird of the year' selection competition organized by New Zealand Forest and Bird, Kereru dove won with a total of 5,833 / 48,000 valid votes.
The finches have a scientific name, Passer domesticus, which is a small member of the Seine family. It is easy to see small, gray and brown birds in every continent exce…