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Assisted evolution is a proactive conservation strategy designed to accelerate the natural adaptation rates of corals, enabling them to survive increasingly severe marine heatwaves. It relies on the selective breeding of corals based on specific heritable traits, including growth, reproduction, and thermal tolerance.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Ecology #Genetics #MarineBiology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ebio04182601.html

Trait choice and selection key to helping corals survive heatwaves

Assisted evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves, but careful trait choice and strong repeated selection will be needed

Hacker News 20h ago

Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01204-5

#HackerNews #ancientgenomics #human #evolution #evolutionarybiology #geneticresearch

Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits.

Scientific Frontline 1d ago

Elaborate courtship dances in male zebra #finches function primarily as indicators of superior physical health and motor skills rather than serving as markers of general intelligence.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Ethology #CognitiveScience #Ornithology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ebio04172601.html

If birds are fancy dancers, are they smarter, too?

Researchers investigate the link between male birds’ elaborate displays of courtship and their cognitive abilities

Scientific Frontline 2d ago

Paleontologists unearthed a new species of long-necked dinosaur, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, Argentina, dating back to the Late Jurassic period approximately 155 million years ago.
#Paleontology #EvolutionaryBiology #Geology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/pal04162601.html

Palaeontologists Discover New Long-Necked Dinosaur in Patagonia

Long-necked dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period in the Southern Hemisphere are rare

Scientific Frontline 2d ago

A comprehensive, continent-wide genomic analysis of African elephants revealing that while historical populations sustained genetic robustness through vast continental connectivity, modern herds are experiencing severe genetic isolation and inbreeding due to habitat fragmentation.
#Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #Conservation #Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/geno04162601.html

Elephant genomes reveal a past of continental connectivity and a future of increasing isolation

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants, an international team of researchers shows that elephant history

Scientific Frontline 2d ago

Understanding quorum sensing fundamentally reframes microscopic organisms not as solitary entities, but as highly social, coordinated societies. By intercepting these chemical lexicons, modern science can sustainably manage devastating human diseases, balance complex ecosystems.
#WhatIs #Microbiology #Biochemistry #BiomolecularBiology, #EvolutionaryBiology #Oncology #Pharmaceutical #MarineBiology #QuorumSensing #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/wi04152601.html

What Is: Quorum Sensing

The relentless scientific exploration of Quorum Sensing has precipitated a profound, irreversible paradigm shift across the disciplines of microbiolog

Scientific Frontline 3d ago

Avian kleptoparasitism is a behavioral ecological phenomenon wherein birds steal nest-building materials, such as twigs and moss, from the nests of neighboring individuals rather than foraging for them independently.
#Ornithology #BehavioralEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/bs04152601.html

Birds caught stealing from their neighbors

Branch bandits pose a hidden threat to native species

Scientific Frontline 4d ago

Microbes adapt to entirely new habitats—such as migrating from soil to freshwater lakes—by utilizing two divergent evolutionary pathways: expanding their genome to acquire new functional traits, or drastically reducing their genome to minimize resource dependency.
#EvolutionaryBiology #MicrobialEcology #Genomics #Limnology #Bioinformatics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ebio04142601.html

How Soil Microbes Adapt to Life in Lakes

How do bacteria manage to conquer new environments? “This question remains largely unanswered

CSBJ 4d ago

🦗 Could insect ears inspire the future of acoustic technology?

🔗 Comparative Analysis of Morphological and Acoustic Correlates of Bush-Cricket Tympanic Membranes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0035

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#Bioinspiration #Biomimetics #Acoustics #Bioacoustics #EvolutionaryBiology #Biosensors #Entomology #Neuroscience

Peer Community Journal 5d ago

Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: Context-dependent oviposition reveals strong association between acceptance and preference in the Mediterranean fruit fly
https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.704/