Animals can evolve separately but end up evolving toward other species, too, or even spontaneously evolve the same characteristics in totally separate groups. Birds and bats can both fly using ...

Convergent evolution essentially happens when animals and plants have to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by Nicole Grunstra from the University of Vienna and Anne Le Maître from the ...

Many species share similar traits, but they do not always share the same ancestry. This video explains the difference between ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...