At the tail end of the age of the dinosaurs, a pony-sized duckbill dinosaur called Ajnabia roamed North Africa. But to get there, duckbill dinosaurs had to cross oceans.
Category: evolution
Play Helped Dogs Be Our Best Friends – Scientific American
Dogs are amazingly diverse. Selective breeding for a variety of traits created the breeds we have today. Play between humans and dogs was a key part of this process.
Squid Glowing Skin Patterns May Be Code – Scientific American
E-readers are cool. But what if you’re an e-squid?
City Birds: Big-Brained with Few Offspring or Small-Brained with a Lot – Scientific American
What predicts which bird species will make it in urban environments?
Tiny Wormlike Creature May Be Our Oldest Known Ancestor – Scientific American
Meet your oldest animal relative.
Swamp Wallaby Reproduction Give Tribbles a Run – Scientific American
Swamp wallabies are always pregnant.
Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams – Scientific American
~50,000 years before modern humans stepped foot in what is now Italy, Neandertals were gathering clams from the Mediterranean and turning them into tools. My latest podcast for Scientific American.
Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries – Scientific American
Linguists studied the evolution and dispersal of sign languages using tools from evolutionary biology.
Moths Flee or Face Bats Depending on Toxicity – Scientific American
Being toxic makes tiger moths lazy when predators approach.
Ancient DNA – Science Magazine Video
Next generation sequencing techniques allow scientists to reconstruct the genomes of extinct animals that once inhabited the Arctic. Video field produced and edited by Susanne Bard