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Female giraffes drove the evolution of long giraffe necks in order to feed on the most nutritious...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoA female giraffe browsing. Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive...
Scientists finally think they know why giraffe necks are so long
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoA new study questions the decades-long theory about why giraffes have such long necks.Douglas...
The Tree of Life Is Losing Entire Limbs, Jeopardizing Evolution
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoHumans are Chopping Limbs Off the Tree of LifeMitchell Pettigrew - Getty Images Human-induced...
Crabs have evolved five separate times – why do the same forms keep appearing in nature?
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoFull size blue crab Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful”. It’s a...
3 Body Problem: is the universe really a ‘dark forest’ full of hostile aliens in hiding?
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoWe have no good reason to believe that aliens have ever contacted Earth. Sure, there are conspiracy...
Flowering plants survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid – and may outlive us
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoZamurovic Brothers/Shutterstock If you looked up 66 million years ago you might have seen, for a...
It's reassuring to think humans are evolution's ultimate destination – but research shows we may be...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThe Cambrian explosion, about 530 million years ago, was when most of the major groups of animals...
Park which inspired Sir David Attenborough becomes national nature reserve
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoA piece of countryside which inspired Sir David Attenborough when he was a child and is home to...
Evolution by Natural Selection: Examples and Effects of Adaptation
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoA hummingbird's long bill and tongue evolved to let the bird reach deep into a flower for nectar....
Artist evokes Sycamore Gap emotion after 50 creatives join Darwin Oak protest
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months ago“Vandalism” at the Sycamore Gap has shown the emotional impact of felling ancient trees, an artist...