Ancient viruses in our DNA may hold clues to what makes us human

Published: 21 July 2025

Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according to a new international study....

What crocodile DNA reveals about the Ice Age

Published: 25 January 2023

What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers from McGill University discovered that while changing...

An ecological rule breaker shows the effects of climate change on body size evolution

Published: 29 November 2022

Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to...

The hidden secrets of flowers

Published: 14 December 2022

To better understand the evolution of flowers, researchers from Montreal are harnessing photogrammetry – a technique commonly used by geographers to reconstruct landscape topography. This is the...

The tiny bodies of bats allow perfect balance between flight costs and heat dissipation

Published: 21 July 2022

Many mammal species living in cold climates tend to have large bodies and short limbs to reduce heat loss – a general pattern known as Bergmann’s rule. However, bats are the exception to the rule,...

What the rise of oxygen on early Earth tells us about life on other planets

Published: 31 January 2022

When did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from McGill University have discovered that a rise in oxygen levels occurred in step with the evolution and...

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