Mastodawn

How/Why did giraffes evolve to have a big neck like they have? My simplistic mind only thinks about eating from high places. I've been thinking about unique animals.

#evolution #NaturalSelection #evolutionary_biology

Hacker News Dec 21, 2023

Orchid without bumblebee on island finds wasp, loses self
https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/article/2023_10_18_01/
#ycombinator #Plants #Ecology_and_environment #Insects #Evolutionary_biology #Pollination_Seed_dispersal #Orchidaceae #Hymenoptera #Biological_sciences

Orchid without bumblebee on island finds wasp, loses self | Kobe University News site

Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, th...

Kobe University News site