biodiversity

Largest-ever genome comparison maps animal evolution along irreversible ‘highways’

Researchers at the University of Vienna have produced the largest-ever comparison of chromosome-scale animal genomes, revealing that the evolution of animal DNA architecture follows a limited set of one-way "evolutionary highways" rather than changing at random. The study, published on…

New monkey species identified in Congo rainforest

An international team of scientists has formally described a new species of monkey living in the remote rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo — only the fifth new African monkey species identified in the past 75 years.

First global map reveals 110 quadrillion km of fungal networks underground

An international team of scientists has published the first global map estimating the scale and distribution of underground fungal networks, revealing that Earth's topsoils contain roughly 110 quadrillion kilometers of fungal filaments — nearly a billion times the distance from…

Museum names Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

The Natural History Museum in London revealed the winners of the 61st Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition on Tuesday evening, with South African photographer Wim van den Heever taking the grand title for a haunting image of a rare…