Evolution
Biodiversity

The climate, a driver of diversification
Regional rainfall patterns can be a decisive factor in plant diversification
By Redação
Video

New kind of coral reef surprise researchers
Far from the coast, coraline Hills harbor a large diversity of fish that only exist there | 4'58
By Redação
NOBEL PRIZE

The 2022 winners
Twelve individuals and two institutions were awarded the Nobel Prize this year
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The rise and fall of Tupi

The rise and fall of Tupi
Speakers of the language may have numbered 4 to 5 million a millennium ago but began declining sharply before Europeans arrived on the continent
Video

Camouflage to blend in the landscape
Mimicking leaves, branches or rocks is one of the most efficient camouflage strategies, but it limits movements and possibilities of living areas | 3'57
By Redação
archeology

Genome of Vesuvius victim sequenced for the first time
Genome of Vesuvius victim sequenced for the first time by group of researchers
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History

Darwin’s missing notebooks return to Cambridge
Notebooks that belonged to Darwin are returned to Cambridge University
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Video

How hummingbirds can explain other species’ extinction
Bird extinction may unleash cascade effect where these pollinators and plants interact most intensely | 2'51
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Evolution

Fight or flight
The ability of birds to fly seems incompatible with the ability to attack and defend using spurs
By Redação
Video

The uncertain identity of the pigmy marmoset
Brazilian primatologist Jean Boubli, from Salford University, in the UK, and his team, solved a 19th century mistery regarding the world's smallest monkeys | 3'47
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ARCHEOLOGY

Neanderthals and humans took turns occupying Europe
Neanderthals and humans took turns occupying Europe
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Paleoecology

Caribbean incursions
Studies back up the hypothesis that the Caribbean Sea flooded parts of the western Amazon between 23 and 10 million years ago
By Tiago Jokura
photolab

Under the feathers
To study the diversity and evolutionary history of parasites in birds, Bruno Fermino teamed up on expeditions with fellow ornithologists: some interested in birds, others in the creatures that live inside them. He thus had the opportunity to photograph species such as the yellow-chevroned parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)—the picture above was taken in Santana do Araguaia,... View Article
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Biology

Rainforest marsupials
Study suggests opossums emerged in the Amazon about 40 million years ago
Archaeology

The enigmatic dragon man
An almost complete skull fossil that was hidden for 85 years may belong to a new species of archaic human being
By Redação
Biology

The colors and songs of evolution
Varying plumage hues and song patterns lead to the formation of new species in certain bird groups
By Marcos Pivetta and Eduardo Geraque
Video

These birds show how species arise
Ornithologist Luís Fábio Silveira, curator of the bird collections at the Zoology Museum of the University of São Paulo (MZ-USP), explains how studies with capuchino seedeaters help understanding their diversification by means of evolution | 5'46
By Redação
Video

Could these be the precursors of pterosaurs?
Study suggests that extinct small terrestrial vertebrates, the lagerpetids, were the closest relatives of those mysterious winged reptiles | 6'43
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Paleontolgy

The advanced brain of a primitive dinosaur
The brain of a well-preserved specimen of Buriolestes schultzi, one of the oldest known dinosaurs, has been reconstructed using computed tomography, suggesting an unusual evolutionary path for one of the most important lineages of this extinct group of reptiles: the sauropods
By Redação
Biodiversity

Two species of mata-mata
New analyses have revealed that there are at least two species of mata-mata
By Redação
Covid-19

Research during quarantine
Fernando Carvall“When I saw the results, I thought: this virus is going to infect everyone” The first reports about the disease in China sparked my curiosity. The Chinese discovered that the virus enters the cells via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [ACE2] receptor. Its expression depends on the ACE2 gene, which plays an important role in... View Article
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