Convergent Evolution of Planktivory in Reef Fishes: Ecological and Genomic Insights
The Evolutionary Gamble: Why Surgeonfish Are Rewriting the Rules of Survival For decades, evolutionary biologists clung to a rigid narrative: moving from the seafloor—the benthic zone—to the open water—the pelagic zone—was a one-way street. It was often labeled an “evolutionary dead end.” But nature, as it turns out, is far more flexible than our textbooks … Read more