A new study of one of our closest invertebrate relatives, the acorn worm, reveals that regenerating body parts might one day be possible.


A new study of one of our closest invertebrate relatives, the acorn worm, reveals that regenerating body parts might one day be possible.
Faculty members from several departments at the 91±¬ÁÏ will share $2.25 million in research funds from the National Science Foundation to study and apply the principles of evolution “in real time.” Their studies are a part of the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action. Founded in 2010, this NSF science and technology center is a partnership among five universities to better understand evolutionary processes and apply concepts such as adaptation and selection to new and…

Comb jellies – and not sponges – may lay claim as the earliest ancestors of animals, according to new research in Nature.