The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Known as the “Amazon of the seas”, the Coral Triangle is a 5.7 million sq. km expanse across the tropical waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and ...

PROF. MORTENSEN'S “Studies of the Larval Forms of Echinoderms”, reviewed in Nature for Dec. 8, 1921, is well known. He has now issued two sets of additional notes, * one resulting from a visit to ...

Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, a Mediterranean darkling beetle, has been documented in Idaho for the first time by University of Idaho entomologist Armando Falcon-Brindis. Opatroides punctulatus ...

In the insect world, impostors could be hiding anywhere. When lifting a stone during an expedition in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, researchers came across an unusual sight: three blowfly ...

IN NATURE of December 8 there appears an article by my friend Dr. F. A. Bather entitled “Echinoderm Larvæ and their Bearing on Classification.” The article consists of a review of Dr. Mortensen's work ...

Holothuria tubulosa, a Mediterranean sea cucumber, has been established as a new model organism, promising advances in genetic research and conservation efforts. Scientists utilize a handful of ...

The sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa. Credit: Lara Orselli via GBIF, CC-by-nc-4.0 Scientists utilize a few standard research organisms, such as fruit flies and mice, to investigate the evolutionary ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Scientists have a handful of standard research organisms, including fruit flies and mice, that they use to study the evolutionary development (evo-devo) of animal lineages over ...

The sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides – a stunning behemoth in the invertebrate community with 24 arms measuring up to one meter from tip to tip, one of the largest and heaviest sea stars ...

The sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides – a stunning behemoth in the invertebrate community with 24 arms measuring up to one meter from tip to tip, one of the largest and heaviest sea stars ...