Multicellular life comes in all varieties: Plants, animals, fungi. Godzillas. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. An enormous fossil once THOUGHT to be a fungus is now being reexamined. Is this the “Godzilla of fungus,” as it has been called? Or something entirely NEW? Corentin
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Ever been called four-eyes? It may be hereditary! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Some of our oldest known relatives might have had four eyes. Xiangtong Lei from Yunnan University and team examined the best-preserved ancient fish fossils. These fish had two extra sensing organs on
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Where do fish evolve the fastest: warm seas or icy waters? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. If you guessed the tropics, you might want to CHILL. Enter Mike Burns and team at UC Davis. They compared over three thousand fish species’ body shapes –
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Are raccoons evolving right under our noses? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As cities grow, wild animals may be changing alongside us. Does that mean they’re… domesticating?!? Enter Artem Apostolov and team at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. They compared skulls of raccoons
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Who made the dog’s snout? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dogs and wolves are distant cousins. But when did they go their own ways? Allowen Evin and Carly Ameen at the University of Exeter sniffed out the answer. They measured the sizes and shapes
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Let’s break bread… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wheat feeds billions globally. But where did this journey begin? Enter Fei Lu and team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They analyzed the DNA of over seven hundred wheat types, from wild grasses to modern
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That’s no illusion! It’s a glowing fish! And I’m Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Why do they glow like that anyway? Is it magic? No… Emily Carr and team at the American Museum of Natural History wanted answers. Using special lights, they spotted biofluorescence, where fish
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Which came first: the chicken… or the T-Rex? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sixty-five million years ago, the Tyrannosaurus Rex was North America’s apex predator. But… who was king BEFORE the king? Enter Darla Zelenitsky and Jared Voris from the University of Calgary. They
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Join the enzyme evolution revolution… today! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Enzymes are cellular machines that perform a wide variety of critical tasks for human health. What if we crank them up? Researchers have tried a technique called ‘continuous evolution’ that uses millions of
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Got a rodent problem? Here’s some GNAW-ledge to sink your teeth into! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Doctors Anderson Feijó and Alyssa Stringer at the Field Museum of Natural History gave us a SQUEAK peek into urban evolution. Skulls of rodents living in Chicago
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