Oct 18, 2023
Study creates a mosquito family tree to better understand disease transmission and host choice.
Oct 10, 2023
Brian Langerhans talks about a new study that could offer answers to evolution's "stasis paradox."
Aug 13, 2019
Genes and environment drove population divergence in first Americans.
Jun 17, 2019
Researchers have discovered the secret of "puppy dog eyes."
Jan 21, 2016
NC State research shows a mismatch in coat colors is deadly for snowshoe hares. Will they be able to adapt in time?
Dec 19, 2013
NC State scientists had a hand in a massive research project highlighted in Science that sheds light on how flowering plants suddenly came into prominence more than 200 million years ago – what Charles Darwin referred to as an “abominable mystery” of evolution. A team of scientists sequenced the genome of Amborella trichopoda, a rare plant…
Nov 8, 2013
“Blend in” appears to be the mantra for male Bahamas mosquitofish that live near predators. After all, fish with brighter, more colorful fins or patches are more conspicuous – and standing out with predators around could be a death sentence. So these fish evolve duller colors under the threat of predation, to try and hide…
Aug 14, 2013
Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that intense competition for mates may speed up the formation of new species, but it has been difficult to find evidence of this effect. In a new paper, NC State biologist Carlos Botero, co-author Nathalie Seddon and colleagues report that bird populations accumulate differences in their physical appearance more quickly if…
Aug 3, 2012
New duck-billed and horned dinosaur species in western North America evolved at a blistering pace between 70 and 80 million years ago – blistering by evolutionary standards, of course, which means that new species appeared over spans of hundreds of thousands of years rather than millions of years. Later this species growth appears to weaken,…
May 7, 2009
NC State's Insect Museum holds a collection of 1.4 million insects.
Apr 2, 2009
Harvard Divinity School has offered NC State student John Coggin a full scholarship to pursue a master’s degree there.
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