Researchers have recently identified and described a new genus and species of xanthid crab found in Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Named Mabui calculus, it is the first among the 7,800 species ...

A new species of rainforest insect, whose closest relative was last seen in 1969, was identified by its uniquely shaped male reproductive organs, its finder has revealed. The new type of leafhopper ...

The Mostly Male theory is the first to use evidence from gene phylogenies, genetics, modern plant morphology and fossils to explain the evolutionary origin of flowers. It proposes that flower ...

Nature is extremely creative, especially when it comes to reproductive strategies. Plants have evolved a bewildering variety of approaches to reproduction. Some require the wind to carry pollen (the ...

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