Tag: migration
Encore Performances in the Design of Life
News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian.
Marvelous Migrations at All Scales
Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put?
Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart
Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights.
“It’s Official”: Textbook Wisdom on Human Origins Is Wrong!
I hardly dared to dream that, as an early Christmas present, 2017 would close with a final blow to the Out of Africa story.
Getting Around: Animal Migrations Exceed Evolutionary Expectations
How animals travel thousands of miles to destinations they have never seen continues to baffle scientists.