RSS Builder by B!Soft http://evolution.berkeley.edu your one-stop source for information on evolution en-us Thu, 3 April 2014 12:27:00 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/140403_rootworm Read the rest of the story.]]> Thu, 5 March 2014 15:05:00 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/140305_skincolor Read the rest of the story.]]> Thu, 6 Feb 2014 07:08:00 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/140204_diabetes Read the rest of the story.]]> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:08:00 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/131211_bottlenecks Read the rest of the story.]]> Thu, 1 Nov 2013 15:08:00 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/131104_lumperssplitters Read the rest of the story.]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:12:49 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/131005_leglesslizards Anniella) were found at several unlikely locations - including in an abandoned lot in Bakersfield, California, and near the runway at Los Angeles International Airport. But don't count on catching sight of one of these critters the next time you have a layover at LAX. First, they are small - less than 8 inches long. Second, they live mostly underground (the researchers had to tempt them out of hiding by leaving pieces of cardboard and plywood on the ground). And third, even if you did see one, you might not recognize it as a lizard. The four new species have no legs and could easily be mistaken for snakes! So why aren't these sleek, scaled creatures snakes, and how did they avoid detection for so long? Read the rest of the story.]]> Mon, 9 Sep 2013 15:12:49 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/130905_newoldanimal Eoperipatus totoro doesn't look much like a fearsome predator. In fact, this two-inch long critter resembles nothing so much as a plush, candy-colored caterpillar with wriggly antennae. But this little known animal is no caterpillar. It is a velvet worm - a.k.a. an onychophoran, a group of organisms that today live in tropical regions and trap their insect prey using jets of sticky slime, a-la Spider-Man. Discovered in Vietnam and officially described just last month, this particular species may be new to science, but the onychophorans as a group have long been of interest to biologists for their important role in evolutionary history... Read the rest of the story.]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:48:37 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/130401_beef Read the rest of the story.]]> Mon, 4 Mar 2013 13:30:15 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/130301_plaque Read the rest of the story.]]> Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:34:15 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/130201_flu Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:33:46 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/njau_01 Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:32:45 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/121201_grasshoppers Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:32:00 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/bostwick_01 Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:24:59 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/pillai_01 Mon, 5 Nov 2012 11:07:09 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/121101_dinofeathers Ornithomimus edmontonicus was first studied in the 1930s, its ostrich-like skeleton earned it a name that translates to "bird mimic." Now new fossils and a re-evaluation of old ones have revealed that its body covering also fits the moniker. A newly unearthed, year-old juvenile specimen is covered in downy, hair-like feathers, and re-examination of an adult specimen turned up traces of standard feathers with a central shaft. While most popular reporting has focused on the idea that these shafted feathers may have been used to attract mates, the real news in this research lies elsewhere. 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Today, however, park visitors will have to hike up a nearby mountain to see one of these critters. That's because this species is sensitive to temperature — and over the last hundred years of global climate change, Yosemite has warmed by about 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit. As the temperature increased, the chipmunks retreated to higher and higher elevations where it was cooler. Today, they occupy a fraction of their original range. If climate change continues, they could be squeezed right off the tops of their mountains and out of existence. Read the whole story here.]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:26:05 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/120201_tinychameleons here. ]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:43:17 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/120101_sharkhybrid here.]]> Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:31:20 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/111101_hla here.]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:41:47 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/111001_tuberculosis here.]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:13:25 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110901_earlymammals here.]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:51:53 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/090301_cichlidspeciation here.]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:42:11 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/061201_quietcrickets here.]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:54:47 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110501_robots Read the rest of the story.]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:17:40 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110401_whiteflies Rickettsia) is a close relative of the species that causes typhus in humans. Its host is the sweet potato whitefly, a tiny bug that can occur in large enough numbers to form visible clouds. Whiteflies suck the sap from plants and spread crop diseases, causing hundreds of millions of dollars of damage in a single season. In just a few years, the percentage of southwestern whiteflies infected with Rickettsia has skyrocketed from 1% to more than 90%. Unfortunately, this is not the boon for local farmers that it might seem. Find out how the bacteria actually help whiteflies.]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:49:44 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110301_pcbresistantcod Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:12:35 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110201_throwing Read more to see the evolution (and baseball) connection.]]> Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:22:21 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/101201_panthers Find out about the evolutionary basis of this successful conservation plan.]]> Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:18:33 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/101101_malaria Find out how a deadly strains of malaria jump between chimp, gorilla and human hosts.]]> Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:31:49 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/101001_altitude Read more about the adaptations of the Tibetan highlanders.]]> Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:35:50 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/100901_bedbugs Read about how bedbugs evolve to overcome control measures.]]> Sat, 1 May 2010 14:18:08 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/100501_xwoman Find out more.]]>