Picture this: you’re gazing into a vibrant aquarium, entranced by the hypnotic dance of fish. But what if I told you that ...

Imagine plunging into the depths of the ocean and coming face to face with a creature that glides through the water with ...

Fish at the other end of Earth ... This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms that aren't closely related evolve similar traits as they both adapt to similar environments.

Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents ...

Convergent evolution occurs when organisms that aren’t closely related evolve similar features ... They each evolved big flaps of skin attached to their limbs to enable them to do this. Certain frog, ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

evolution has not stood still on either the fish or tetrapod branch. Over this period, all aspects of fish physiology and the fish genome have changed, though perhaps in ways that are not obvious ...

Phenotypic convergence, the appearance of similar forms in independent lineages, provides an opportunity for testing the predictability of genetic evolution. Similar phenotypes in different lineages ...

This island group hosts four species of Hipposideros bats, including the two featured in the study of convergent evolution across the archipelago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...