by Sarah Ryan | Dec 5, 2022 | Life and Evolution
Top 10 Dads of the Animal Kingdom Every animal wants the best for its offspring. However, different animals’ methods are widely varied and sometimes questionable, while others are far more relatable. When it comes to unquestionably great parental care, these are...
by Justine Jackson-Ricketts | Jul 6, 2017 | Life and Evolution
Perhaps you have heard someone say that humans evolved from chimpanzees. But chimpanzees are still around. So how do you explain that? If this evolution idea is true, how are our ancestral species still alive? The simple answer is that we did not evolve from...
by Justine Jackson-Ricketts | May 24, 2017 | Life and Evolution
We’ve been raised to believe that we’re safe from the world’s past illnesses. Such dangers as smallpox and the bubonic plague are a relic of a bygone era. Well, “Not so fast,” say researchers studying permafrost in Siberia. According to Dr. Jean-Michel Claverie of...
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by Justine Jackson-Ricketts, infographic by Nowreen Priyanka | May 19, 2017 | Infographics, Life and Evolution
Jellyfish. This word conjures up an image of a translucent jelly blob that pulsates around the ocean, stinging people. They don’t look particularly resilient. In fact, adult jellyfish usually don’t live more than a few months. But jellyfish fossils date back 505...
by Sam Kirby | Feb 27, 2017 | Life and Evolution
I can’t imagine that many people would characterize bumble bees as particularly smart. Despite playing an important role in our world, both ecologically and economically, most people seem to regard bumble bees with an air of distaste or downright terror. Such is the...
by Mary Hospedales | Jan 27, 2017 | Life and Evolution
We’ve all heard of evolution and of associated words like Darwin and natural selection. But what do these things actually mean? Many understand evolution to be the process by which humans came about. But in reality, don’t understand much about the process itself, or...
