"The existence of multiple species of the king cobra is surprising because they look similar, share similar habitats, display similar behavior," Kartik Shanker, co-author of the new study and an ...

Ancient lineage of algae found to include five 'cryptic' species Date: December 1, 2021 Source: University of Göttingen Summary: All land plants originated from a single evolutionary event when ...

The flora of the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot is rich in endemic species, many of which remain to be discovered or properly described; estimates of species diversity and levels of ...

That means there's a gap in the fossil record, which the study authors describe as a "ghost lineage." At about 280 million to 270 million years old, the newly discovered gorgonopsian is a member ...

That analysis placed the Harbin skull, along with a number of other fossils from China, in a distinct lineage within our genus, Homo, making them our species' closest fossil relatives.