How does adaptive radiation or divergent evolution create different species?

Adaptive radiation is a type of divergent evolution where a group of organisms quickly diverges into new species. … This process gets the name ‘radiation’ because new species radiate from a common ancestor. This tends to occur when organisms move into a new environment with a lot of available opportunities.

What’s an example of convergent evolution?

An example of convergent evolution is the similar nature of the flight/wings of insects, birds, pterosaurs, and bats. … Structures that are the result of convergent evolution are called analogous structures or homoplasies; they should be contrasted with homologous structures, which have a common origin.