Fossilized fleas dating as far back as 165 million years provide clues of early flea evolution.
Fossilized fleas dating as far back as 165 million years provide clues of early flea evolution.
March 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2012 issue of The Scientist.
An anthropologist and a herpetologist join forces to reveal the complex shared evolutionary and ecological history of pythons and primates.
Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.
Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Infection by GFP-encoding viruses enables quick, easy detection of tuberculosis in patient samples.
As institutions around the world start celebrations of Darwin Day, New York reveals a digitized catalog of Darwin’s scientific manuscripts.
Zebras may have evolved their striped coat to avoid blood-sucking flies.