But we can see similarities between organisms that live continents apart or are very different in other aspects. One reason for this is convergent evolution. Convergent evolution occurs when organisms ...

This is evidence that quite separate, independent episodes of molecular evolution occurred, with the same functional results. This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Isaac Arthur Convergent Evolution on Alien Worlds Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 11, 2025 Science Fiction often shows us aliens who look much like humans, and suggest this is a ...

It should also improve our understanding of convergent evolution. Elongated body shapes have evolved independently numerous times across the tree of life. Besides Anguilliformes, other clades with eel ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

A team of palaeontologists has discovered a rare dinosaur species in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, naming it Duonychus tsogtbaatari ...

A rare fossil unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert has led to the identification of a new dinosaur species Duonychus ...