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Endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, is the ability of mammals and birds to produce their own body heat and control their body temperature. A warm-blooded mammal ancestor breathing out hot hairin a frigid night [Credit: Luzia Soares]This major diffe...

Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process, with the traits of species shaped by chance mutations and environmental events -- and therefore largely unpredictable.Similar leaf types evolved independently in three species of plants found...

Fossils discovered in Scotland represent some of the world's oldest salamanders, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.Artist's impression of Marmorerpeton wakei [Credit: Brennan Stokkermans]The research team analyzed 166-million-year-old f...

The evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been wound back more than 400 million years, thanks to the examination of fossil remains of ancient lungfish providing a missing link in the emergence of land-living, four-legged animals on...

A new study describes the formation of the body axis in the immortal freshwater polyp Hydra. It is controlled by the so-called hippo signalling pathway, a molecular biological process that, among other functions, ensures that our organs do not contin...

The ancient North American city of Cahokia had as its focal point a feature now known as Monks Mound, a giant earthwork surrounded on its north, south, east and west by large rectangular open areas. These flat zones, called plazas by archaeologists s...

Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered the remains of a medieval ship and its cargo dating back to the 13th century off the coast of Dorset. The survival of the vessel is extremely rare and there are no known wrecks of sea...