Recent research has provided new insights into the evolutionary relationships between mitochondria and their closest relatives, as well as the adaptations that have occurred in various eukaryotic ...

Eukaryotic microorganisms, or protists, are essential ecological agents that populate various environments like aquatic and ...

While prokaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound structures, they do have distinct cellular regions (Figure 1). In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

These relationships may have been pivotal in shaping the complex microbiomes that are now integral to animal life, including humans. Related Stories ・ Researchers build robot based on creature ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

An in-depth analysis of marine eukaryotic fossils, organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, has provided a better understanding of the evolution of life on Earth. This research shows that the first ...

Remarkable social behaviors have been discovered in Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) that set them apart from other baboon ...