The existence of any prehistoric apex predators in the islands of the Caribbean used to be doubted. While their absence would have probably made it even more of a paradise for prey animals, fossils ...

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It provides a fresh lens through which to view plant architecture, the adaptation of plants to extreme habitats, historical plant colonisation of terrestrial environments, and the capacity of ...

Researchers discovered that the adaptations that allowed these animals to live in water have passed an evolutionary threshold that marks the point of no return to terrestrial life. Between 350 ...

This new bacterium, first cultured on the Shenzhou-15 mission in May 2023, exhibits stunning adaptations to the ... The microorganism, a member of the terrestrial Niallia circulans family ...

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