Evolution
Genetics

Chinese researchers clone monkeys using the same technique that created Dolly the sheep
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, of the cynomolgus species, are genetically identical
By Redação
ENTOMOLOGY

Invisible moths
These very small Insects spend most of their lives as larvae inside stems and leaves
Botany

Colonization via water
Group of carnivorous plants recognized for being aquatic species originated in Brazil, indicates phylogenetic study
By Suzel Tunes
Biodiversity

The first global reptile map
An effort has mapped the global distribution of 10,064 reptile species
By Redação
Archaeology

Oldest Homo sapiens dating back 300,000 years found in Morocco
Oldest Homo sapiens dating back 300,000 years found in Morocco
By Redação
PALEONTOLOGY

Reptile controversy
Proposal alters the genealogical tree of dinosaurs and divides experts
Paleontology

Reclassifying Dinosaurs
New proposal rearranges several dinosaurs on the family tree
By Redação
Evolution

A silent call
Brachycephalus froglets, from the Atlantic Forest, don't hear their own calls
By Redação
Evolution

Why snakes don’t have legs
Missing sequence of 17 base-pairs meant snakes grew no legs
By Redação
BIODIVERSITY

Appearances are deceiving
Integrated genetic and ecological studies reveal evolutionary processes
PALEONTOLOGY

Heart of stone
New fossil record reveals an unforeseen pathway in the evolution of the heart
Biogeography

When the ocean was forest
The Atlantic Forest may have occupied the continental shelf in the Ice Age
Formicivora paludicola

Birds isolated by marshes
Birds are found near the sources of the Tietê and Paraíba do Sul Rivers
By Redação
ORNITHOLOGY

The origin of the seedeaters
Studies capture the process of a South American bird group emerged
Science education

Clouded visions
Young Brazilians look to cultural and religious sources to explain evolution
Homo naledi

Collective help
Paleontologists found fossil remains of a previously unknown hominid species
By Redação
Insects preserved

100 million years ago
Insects shows how plant fertilization occurred about 105 million years ago
By Redação
Fossils

Primordial snakes
Described species add 70 million years to the evolutionary history of serpents
By Redação