Over 275 Million New Gene Variants Discovered in Groundbreaking US Research Project; Why Is Knowing a Population's Genetic Diversity Important?

Medicine & Technology Feb 20, 2024

In a $3 billion NIH study, 245,000 Americans' genomes revealed 275 million new gene variants, some linked to diseases like cancer and diabetes. Check out more details in this article.

Nearly 60 Million Years of Climate Change Triggered the Rapid Evolution of Reptiles, Study Finds

Aug 22, 2022

Harvard researchers found that the rapid evolution and explosion of diversity in reptiles happened before the end-Permian extinctions due to a 60-million-year-long climate change. Read the article to know more details.

Bird Species, Extinction, Loss of Diversity Due to Climate Change

Jul 22, 2022

Climate change has been pushing mass extinction. Read on to discover why the loss in bird diversity is causative of species extinction.

Animal and Plants in the Ghetto: How Rare Species Organize Groups to Survive

Dec 24, 2019

According to the researchers, these organizations can be the reason behind the survival of rare species since it allows them to avoid the pressure of competing against abundant species.

More Diverse Studies Are Needed in Human Genetic Research

Apr 08, 2019

The latest study shows that biomedical research is mostly conducted on people of European descent.

The Behavioral and Cultural Diversity of Chimpanzees Are Reduced Due to Human Impact

Mar 11, 2019

Chimpanzees are known for exhibiting extraordinary behavioral and cultural diversity, but it was reduced because of human disturbance.

1Kite Study Reveals Origins of Insects and Perhaps Our Origins Too

Nov 07, 2014

While bacteria win the award for largest species abundance, and Archaea take the award for oldest organisms known to man, the most abundant animal on the face of the Earth is still the formidable and diverse phyla arthropoda—which include all species of insects. They come in an array of shapes and sizes, and compose nearly 80 percent of all animal species identified by man to date, and there are still undoubtedly thousands of species we’ve yet to find. But researchers believe that the diverse little creepy crawly bunch may hold more secrets than they let on, perhaps even secrets about our very own evolutionary origins.