Convergent evolution—where distinct species independently evolve similar traits or functions, such as the wings of birds and ...

The New Caledonian crow is a bird capable of creating rudimentary tools and even improving them, sharing its discoveries and ...

在漆黑的夜晚，蝙蝠利用声波导航觅食；在深邃的海洋，鲸发出超声波追踪猎物。这两种天差地别的动物，竟然拥有同样的“超能力”——回声定位。生物学上，这种相似性叫做 “趋同进化”：互不相关的物种，为了适应相似的环境，比如黑暗，独立演化出了相似的功能。

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

Scientists have uncovered that mushrooms evolved the ability to make psilocybin not once but twice, using completely ...

Austrian team led by Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Leibniz-HKI has been able to biochemically demonstrate for the ...

During the course of evolution, the mammalian cranio-mandibular secondary joint—formed by the dentary condyle and the ...

New research reveals a psychedelic mystery involving how two types of mushrooms evolved to produce psilocybin on separate ...

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

A new study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology questions whether psychedelics reliably enhance creative thinking, finding ...

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”, is one of the most famous molecules in modern culture. Humans have ...

Twenty years ago, researchers saw what they called a "mystery mollusc." Now, they've finally described it in detail... but ...