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 An easy task: from the two parrots above, pick the one that you think is the most beautiful. Made your pick? If you are like most people, you will prefer the Blue-and-yellow macaw on the left over the Red-bellied macaw on the right. This might seem like a trivial question of judging animal beauty, but [...]  Sometimes I come across crazy parasite stories when I’m browsing scientific archives online. But this time was different, when a story came to me straight from the Dutch woodlands. A week ago, someone asked me to find out what was happening to some poor acorns that were found in a broadleaf forest. The acorns looked [...]  The saying “To know your future, you must know your past” is of special value to biologists. There’s no better way to understand an organism, than by it’s ancestry. It’s the only way creatures make any sense really! From appendices to tail bones, a species evolutionary past can sheds light on otherwise unexplainable features. But [...]  Scientists from the University of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada have discovered photosynthetic algae living inside embryonic cells of the spotted salamander, providing them with extra power like a mean green energy drink. If true, this is the first known example of a vertebrate acquiring a new symbiont. The spotted salamander is a salamander species [...]  An end to the blogging hiatus at last! I hope to entertain you with the fascinating story on how female wasps got rid of their men and sex in return for bacterial endosymbionts.. Despite the obvious benefits of pleasure and procreation, sex has other advantages. The genetic material of both parents gets mixed in new [...]  You might not think much of sponges. Maybe you feel that they’re only good for rubbing your back and cleaning your kitchen sink. While you’re absolutely right that sponges have to be admired for their absorbing qualities, they have much more to offer this world. Like on the front of early animal evolution: new research [...] |
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