A George Mason University (GMU) biologist proposed an alternate theory of how the common cuckoo bird mimics other birds’ egg ...

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Dogs are our companions, but they're also living proof of artificial selection. Dogs have coevolved and adapted to live in a ...

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Syphilis has long played a role in human history: some think that notable figures like Dracula author Bram Stoker and Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin had the disease. And scientists know that the ...

Believe it or not, but ducks have a reputation for the unexpected: bizarre and intricate mating anatomy. According to ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Dogs began diversifying thousands of years earlier than previously believed, with clear differences in size and shape appearing over 11,000 years ago. A massive global analysis of ancient skulls shows ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless “microgravity” conditions aboard the International Space Station, but the ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless "microgravity" conditions ...