There are about 28,000 species of bony fishes — the largest taxonomic group of vertebrates — and they have been around for a ...
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about how the spinal column forms in developing vertebrates, ...
The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we ...
WUHAN -- A collaborative study between Chinese and US scientists has revealed that horned dinosaurs experienced a decline in ...
Four southern giant hornets have turned up in Spain. Similar stingers, known for honeybee attacks, had the Pacific Northwest on edge a few years ago.
Shark and ray products now rival the fin trade in value, but with many species threatened, conservation requires immediate, ...
In my role as an ecology professor for the past 20 years, I’ve thought a lot about climate change and ecosystem collapse, which naturally makes me a fun person to be around. I’ve also voted in every ...
A tiny lizard fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, is 205 million years old. It shifts Squamata origins back by 35 million ...
Polar bears once roamed Great Britain, a new analysis of ancient bones and fossils has revealed. Bones and teeth discovered ...
The mice were spliced with genes from a single-celled microbe called a choanoflagellate. Though not an animal itself, the ...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, ...