Evolution
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
By André Julião
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
Zoology

Evolutionary history in progress
Studies aim to understand the processes of species diversification
By Redação
Charles Darwin

Darwin online
Cambridge Digital Library publishes high-resolution digitized manuscripts
By Redação
Galapagos Islands

Research under threat in the Galapagos Islands
Charles Darwin Foundation is in the midst of a financial crisis
By Redação
biota-fapesp education VI

Atlantic Forest is the theme of the 6th Biota Education
Talks stress Atlantic Forest's exuberance and the threats it faces
By Redação
Inselbergs

Birthplace of new botanic species
Rock outcrops may serve as birthplaces for plant species
By Redação
Science communication

From monkey to man
A permanent exhibit on human evolution on display in São Paulo
COVER

The first steps of a new species
Plants and animals differentiate by means of amazing mechanisms