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Reality and illusion in magpie-lark song-and-dance duets
A new study shows Australian magpie-larks may use a ventriloquial illusion to make their vocal duets more threatening.Wild animals are evolving faster than anybody thought
To measure the speed of adaptive evolution in the wild, we studied 19 populations of birds and mammals over several decades. We found they were evolving at twice to four times the speed suggested by earlier work.Wild animals evolving much faster than previously thought
The raw material for evolution is much more abundant in wild animals than we previously believed, according to new research.Pages
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8 December 2020
Helmut Simon, Huttley Group, E&E, RSB
I examine how some established population genetic models can be extended to accommodate insights from newer data and analytic methods.
4 December 2020
Claire Taylor, Langmore Group, E&E, RSB
Individuals can benefit by varying their investment in offspring. The optimal amount of investment may vary in relation to both climatic conditions and social conditions (such as...
27 November 2020
Carlos Pavon, Keogh Group, E&E, RSB
Why do organisms look the way they do? Why do they live where they do? Wy are some groups more diverse than others? These basic questions are often addressed at different scales...
27 November 2020
Shukhrat Shokirov, Foley Group, E&E, RSB
Vegetation structure is an important habitat element for many animals.
12 November 2020
Marlene Zuk, University of Minnesota, USA
By nature of their conspicuousness, sexual signals can cause a conflict between natural and sexual selection, with natural selection favoring a decrease in exaggeration of an...
10 November 2020
Dr Thomas Guillemaud & Dr Denis Bourguet, INRA, Montpellier
The Peer Community in (PCI) project offers an alternative to the current system of publication - which is particularly expensive and not very transparent.
6 November 2020
Tobias Hayashi, Peakall Group, E&E, RSB
The cross-kingdom mimicry of female insect sex pheromones by sexually deceptive orchids has fascinated evolutionary biologists ever since the importance of chemistry in...
29 October 2020
Thomas Aubier, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Any antagonistic interaction has the potential of favouring sex, just as predicted by the "Red Queen hypothesis" in the case of host-parasite interactions. Is it really...
22 October 2020
Roxana Torres, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Reproductive success is strongly related to the display of extravagant sexual traits, such as the striking coloration of some bird species.
15 October 2020
Kirsty Macleod, Lund University, Sweden
Ecological stressors such as predation can shape ecosystems, driving prey population and community dynamics through indirect, non-consumptive effects that may cascade across...
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