Tag: Living Waters
Whale of a Tale: Straining at Mutational Gnats While Swallowing Genetic Camels
If there was ever a prime hunting ground for evolutionary evidence in the genes, it should be in the relationship between land and marine mammals.
Oh, Deer: Mammals Use Magnetic Navigation, Too
Even deer know how to respond to the silent force surrounding the earth.
The Magnetic Sense Is More Complex than Iron Bits
To understand migration by the earth’s magnetic field, biologists may have to extend knowledge of electromagnetic theory into quantum mechanics.
Fish Teach Humans about Design
Fish have some tricks up their fins that are correcting misconceptions and teaching us about optimization.
Another Fine-Tuned Mechanism Gets Salmon Home
Salmon may swim hundreds of miles up their native river to spawn. They need oxygen provided by a finely tuned delivery system in the heart.