an innate and irreversible self-destruct button to prevent a species from overpopulating its habitat,” wrote Fredrick Kunkle ...

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Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can ...

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Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. Research has shown that there's more to the humble mouse tail than previously assumed. Using a novel experimental setup ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments.

High in the Andes of northern Ecuador, cities sit in the shadow of mountains and ancient volcanoes covered in dense forest. Just north of the capital city of Quito, these towering peaks are the ...

In the mountains north of Quito, Ecuador, a small new species is followed by a “very long tail,” researchers said. Florian Delée via Unsplash High in the Andes of northern Ecuador, cities sit ...