NY Times pushes an implausible story of polar bear evolution and what makes a species

In my opinion, this kind of ‘science communication’ is more misleading than enlightening because it fails to alert readers to the fact that the topic is actually more complicated and…

When Climate Change Really Was an Existential Threat

Guest “Could have used the Extinction Rebellion back then!” by David Middleton, What was going on from 1,000-800 ka that may have nearly wiped out our ancestors? Temperatures plunged, glaciers…

New study to uncover how climate change and tectonics drove evolution in East Africa

The whale fossil represents a massive change from the Miocene to today in Kenya’s Turkana Basin, as the fossil of this sea animal was originally found 740 miles inland and…

Global warming to kill fruit flies – and this is a bad thing?

Evolutionary straitjacket means flies can’t take the heat Many species of fruit fly lack the ability to adapt effectively to predicted increases in global temperatures and may face extinction in…