Articles for tag: alcohol consumption, Chimpanzees, Evolutionary Biology, fermented fruits,

Chimpanzee eating fruit

Chimpanzee Caught Boozing: Social Drinking May Have Evolutionary Roots

April Joy Jovita

Chimpanzees, one of humanity’s closest relatives, have been observed engaging in behaviors that resemble social drinking. Recent studies reveal that wild chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau consume and share fermented fruits, offering fascinating insights into the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption and social bonding. Alcohol Consumption in the Wild Researchers filmed chimpanzees eating naturally fermenting African breadfruit ...

A vibrant microscopic view of plant cells highlighting intricate cellular patterns.

Bioinformatics Breakthroughs: The Digital Path to Healthier Animals

Jan Otte

By Jan Otte, DWS Contributor In today’s world, the barnyard and the motherboard are no longer worlds apart. Thanks to breakthroughs in bioinformatics, animal science is being transformed by data, algorithms, and a new wave of digital discovery. A New Era of Animal Science is Unfolding Digitally In a development that blurs the line between ...

Madrean Tropical Night Lizard on the Rock

Survivors Beneath the Ash: How Night Lizards Outlasted the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

April Joy Jovita

Sixty-six million years ago, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid struck Earth, unleashing one of the most catastrophic mass extinctions in planetary history. The event obliterated three-quarters of Earth’s species, including all non-avian dinosaurs. Yet, in a stroke of evolutionary defiance, a small, secretive group of reptiles known as night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived in the region closest ...

Short-beaked echidna walking on the grasses

Ancient Echidna Fossil Challenges Evolutionary Assumptions

April Joy Jovita

A newly analyzed fossil has revealed surprising insights into the evolutionary history of echidnas, suggesting that their ancestors may have lived in water before transitioning to a terrestrial lifestyle. This discovery challenges long-held beliefs about monotreme evolution and highlights a rare instance of mammals evolving from aquatic to land-based existence. The Discovery of Kryoryctes Cadburyi ...