Evolutionary transitions from water to land are infrequent. The physical contrasts between
these media are amplified by biological differences in the patterns of selection. A new …

Deep-sea lineages are generally thought to arise from shallow-water ancestors, but this
hypothesis is based on a relatively small number of taxonomic groups. Anthozoans, which …

Estuarine deposits of the Furongian Pico de Halcón Member of Argentina contain trace and
body fossils that allow assessing the role of evolutionary and environmental factors on early …

Colonisation of novel habitats are important events in evolution, but the factors that initially
prompt such ecological transitions are often unknown. The invasion of land by fish is an …

Aim Urbanization exposes species to novel ecological conditions. Some species thrive in
urban areas, whereas many others are excluded from these human‐made environments …

Marine intertidal zones can be harsher and more dynamic than bordering subtidal zones,
with extreme and temporally variable turbulence, water velocity, salinity, temperature, and …

Life histories involving transitions between differing habitats (ie, aquatic to terrestrial or
marine to freshwater) require numerous anatomical, physiological, and behavioral changes …

Hybrid offspring of crops and their wild relatives commonly possess non-adaptive
phenotypes and diminished fitness. Regularly, diminished success in early-generation …

Consumers shape spatial patterns on landscapes by amplifying or dampening
environmental heterogeneity through feeding, excretion, and movement of resources. The …

Jeremy Horowitz studied the taxonomy and evolutionary history of black corals (order
Antipatharia). He found that more black coral species occur in the Great Barrier Reef and …