Research Update Social pressure forces baby clownfish to lose their bars faster Researchers investigate how and why fish color patterns form and change, revealing insights into the evolutionary origins of this environmental adaptability
Research Update The Age of Fishes began with mass death New fossil database gives unique insights into the earliest vertebrate ecosystems, revealing how mass extinction events are key drivers of evolutionary diversification.
Research Update The ingenuity of white oval squid camouflage brought to light New study documents the full palette of camouflaging behaviors that white oval squid selects from when hiding from predators.
Research Update Charting the evolution of life through the ancient chaetognath In a new Nature study, the genomic, epigenomic, and cell-level characteristics of the mysterious arrow worm have been tied together.
Research Update Deciphering starfish communication may help protect coral reefs By mimicking one of their own scents, researchers have found an efficient method of a controlling the highly destructive Crown-of-Thorns Starfish.