Complex Engineering in Weevils Befuddles Evolution


How Bacteria Help Our Bodies Survive

Within the past 20 years or so, dozens of papers have been written regarding the human microbiome. Microbiota inhabit a variety of niches in the human body, with the gut being the primary location. Remarkably, “The human gut has the highest known cell densities of any microbial habitat on Earth.”1 The number of microbiome cells number into the trillions for a single person.


Bees Are Actually Really, Really Smart

“These are, high, high, highly intelligent creatures,” said conservation biologist Reese Halter.1  


Squid, Octopus Genomes Alter Themselves, Blocking Evolution


Could Designed Systems Explain Green Lizard Blood?

Green blood is not something you see every day. The recent search for why several species of lizards found in New Guinea have green blood assumes an evolutionary origin for these creatures. It seems like the researchers started with a discovery that indicates green blood developed independently in four species from red-blooded ancestors.1

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