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Proteins from rhino fossil found in Nunavut crater dated to 20 million years

Scientists studying a 21-to 24-million-year-old rhino fossil found in the Haughton Crater on Nunavut's Devon Island say the high Arctic environment preserved the oldest recoverable ancient proteins found so far.

From the CBC News-2025-7-15:14:6:1


Orcas off B.C. coast face 'high probability of extinction' if conditions don't change: report

There is an "urgent need for more robust actions" to save the southern resident killer whales from extinction, says the report released by the David Suzuki Foundation and Raincoast Conservation Foundation on Monday.

From the CBC News-2025-7-9:8:5:1


Sask. researchers discover how T. Rex might have healed from injuries

Researchers from the University of Regina have been studying a fracture in a rib fossil from the province's famous Scotty the Tyrannosaurus rex to explore how dinosaurs healed after an injury.

From the CBC News-2025-7-8:14:6:1


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Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications, by Michal Segoli and Eric Wajnberg, from Wiley. (Jul 12).

Evolution Seen from the Phase Diagram of Life, by Shigeki Mitaku, Ryusuke Sawada, from Springer. (Jul 5).

Phylogeographic History of Plants and Animals Coexisting with Humans in Asia, by Naoki Osada, from Springer. (Jun 28).

Population Genetics in the Neotropics, Edited by Marcos Vinícius Bohrer Monteiro Siqueira, Enéas Ricardo Konzen, Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior, from Springer, (Jun 21).

Evolution Journal of the Linnean Society. Publish with us. Funding support for open access. Call for papers - Evolution on Islands. (Jun 16).

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Jul 15 17:03Molecular phylogeny of the SELMA translocation machinery recounts the evolution of complex photosynthetic eukaryotes by Rafael I Ponce-Toledo and others (MBE)
Jul 15 17:03Integrative genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic analysis reveals cis-regulatory contributions to high-altitude adaptation in Tibetan pigs by Dingwang Lai and others (MBE)
Jul 15 17:03Comparative Genomics of Chloropicon primus and Chloropicon roscoffensis Provide Insights into the Evolutionary Dynamics and Ecological Success of these Tiny Green Algae in Marine Environments by Monique Turmel and others (GBE)
Jul 15 17:03Lepidopteran genomes have denser transposable elements in smaller chromosomes, likely driven by non-allelic homologous recombination by Hyerin An and others (GBE)
Jul 14 14:03PHACE: Phylogeny-Aware Detection of Molecular Co-Evolution by Nurdan Kuru and others (MBE)
Jul 14 14:03Highlight: Footprints of Male Pregnancy and Sexual Selection in the Genomes of Seahorses and Pipefish by Pedro Andrade and others (GBE)
Jul 13 14:03Phylogenomics unveils the complex evolution of retroviruses in birds by Qinliu He and others (MBE)
Jul 13 14:03Exploring the Satellitome of the Pest Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera, Aphididae): Insights Into Genome Organization and Intraspecies Evolution by Lucas Albuquerque and others (GBE)

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