convergent evolution

This marine animal looks like a sea star, but don’t be fooled.

In an unusual evolutionary twist, local stick spiders have come up with an almost identical repertoire of color morphs in multiple locations.

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Diverse genetic changes lead to remarkably similar hemoglobin adaptations of diverse bird species, a study finds. 

Caffeine-producing plants use three different biochemical pathways and two different enzyme families to make the same molecule.

Trap-jaw spiders have the fastest, most powerful bite of any arachnid, scientists show. 

The predatory toxins employed by animals separated by millions of years of evolution are virtually identical, a study shows.

Physics drove the convergent evolution of swimming in 22 unrelated marine species, a study suggests.