Beetles beat out extinction
Durham NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2015 - Today's rich variety of beetles may be due to an historically low extinction rate rather than a high rate of new species emerging, according to a new study. These findings were revealed by combing through the fossil record. "Much of the work to understand why beetles are diverse has really focused on what promotes speciation," says lead author Dena Smith, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontolo ... more

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