Convergent evolution occurs when organisms that aren’t closely related evolve similar features or behaviours, often as solutions to the same problems. The process can result in matching body shapes, ...

Platyduck, a convergent form of Psyduck, resembles a platypus with gray features and a different tail shape, delighting Pokemon fans. Fans admire the Platyduck's design, envisioning it as a Water ...

This kind of shape shifting is what an embryo does.” Campàs and his team drew inspiration from processes called fluidization and convergent extension—mechanisms that cells in embryos use to ...

We are beginning to understand how these tissue-shape changes are orchestrated ... This tightly packed cell mass then undergoes convergent extension. In some species, notably Xenopus, in which ...