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Infected male alpine tree frogs set about fathering far more offspring, helping avoid extinction in the wild – for now.
Recursion was thought to be a unique feature of human language.
Fever isn’t necessarily a bad thing − it’s actually a useful response to infections.
Two ecologists explain why a misleading map is worse than no map at all, and how they have worked for years to track the emergences of 13-year and 17-year cicadas.
The evolutionary reason so many birds help raise other parents’ chicks.
The new species is the earliest known Australian tree frog.
The technoscientific ambition to improve human beings, as promoted by transhumanists, is the ultimate expression of the political refusal to change our world.
Antibiotic resistance has played a key role in the evolution and survival of bacteria.
Human fashion can be as powerful as millions of years of evolution – and it’s harming our pets.
Beyond the jokes and memes, this silly debate provides an opportunity to reflect on human evolution.
It may be time to move on from species stereotypes.
Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.
A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence might support it.
The microbes living here were dramatically disrupted – and the future of life on Earth changed.
Human history has been shaped by interactions between communities.
Bird beaks are incredibly diverse – but there’s a way to explain the pattern of their evolution.
Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s not always the case.
Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks talks to The Conversation Weekly about AI’s potential to influence our evolution.
Human language is not as unique as we think.
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Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
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