In adaptive radiations, a single lineage undergoes rapid diversification into multiple ecologically distinct forms, often driven by novel environmental opportunities or the exploitation of unoccupied ...

When Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands almost 200 years ago as a gentleman naturalist, he used the power of observation to develop his theory that species evolve over time. When Charles ...

Cichlid fishes exhibit some of the most spectacular examples of adaptive radiation, diversifying into dozens of species within individual lakes over remarkably short time frames. Sympatric ...

In Lake Malawi, Africa, fish known as cichlids have been evolving astonishingly fast—the lake hosts at least 800 species of them. Researchers who sequenced the genomes of these fish found that ...

Part I. Introduction. 1. Why is it important to continue studying the anatomy, physiology, sensory ecology, and evolution of howler monkeys? / Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana ...

A groundbreaking Rice University study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike.

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

Part 1. The historical perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The history of mammals [animals] -- 3. The early radiations -- 4. The Edentata -- 5. The Pholidota -- 6. Conclusions concerning the early ...