In a lowland forest in southeastern Madagascar, what was missing proved as telling as what was found. Researchers trapping ...

Researchers have provided new insights into the evolutionary origin of sideways walking in crabs. Their study, published ...

The frogs were sitting low over dark, slow-moving streams, their bodies bright green against moss, bromeliads, and sandstone.

A study published in Science China Life Sciences reveals that functional traits, rather than phylogenetic relationships, are ...

Most phylogenies exist in academic papers and remain difficult to interpret. Cornell’s Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer puts those relationships into a visual, searchable tool. Users can explore ...

Known as the "Queen of Climbers," the genus Clematis boasts over 300 species widely distributed across the globe. From tropical rainforests to sub-arctic regions, these plants are celebrated by ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny ...

Please cite using the following BibTex entry: @Article{BernardiSchneider-2019, author = {de Bernardi Schneider, Adriano and Ochsenreiter, Roman and Hostager, Reilly and Hofacker, Ivo L. and Janies, ...

Abstract: Phylogenetic placement is the computational task that places a query taxon into a reference phylogeny by analyzing biomolecular sequences or other evolutionary characters. A chief advantage ...

Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, China National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, 32 West Seventh ...

The mammalian order of Primates comprises 172 species of Old World apes and monkeys (Catarrhini), 146 New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), and 144 lemurs, lorises, and galagos (Strepsirrhini). Primates ...