Enlarge / Don’t bother me, I’m busy evolving. (credit: Indrek Lainjärv / EyeEm) When we think of evolution, we often think of slow, gradual changes made over millions of years. However, new research suggests that the process could be happening quite quickly, driving major changes over the course of a single year in response to […]
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“Evolution can occur really, really rapidly”
Enlarge / Don’t bother me, I’m busy evolving. (credit: Indrek Lainjärv / EyeEm) When we think of evolution, we often think of slow, gradual changes made over millions of years. However, new research suggests that the process could be happening quite quickly, driving major changes over the course of a single year in response to […]
Weathering climate change may be easier for birds with big brains
Enlarge / Could this guy’s mental abilities be staving off some of the impact of climate change? (credit: Andrew Howe ) Many bird species are slowly but surely getting smaller. One study from 2019 looked at more than 70, 000 North American migratory birds across 52 species that met untimely ends by flying into Chicago […]