which is currently the second smallest adult vertebrate ever described, only larger than another individual of a different congeneric [belonging to the same genus B. pulex] species,” Professor ...

The history of life on Earth dates back more than 500 million years, when complex-structured organisms emerged during the ...

roughly one tenth the size of that of other vertebrates. But what does this difference mean to the human and pufferfish species? And what more can be learned by comparing the genomes of these two ...

The world’s biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate. Population sizes of vertebrate species measured by the Living Planet Index (LPI) have more than halved in little more than 40 years. The LPI, ...

Model vertebrates are extensively studied non-human vertebrates (species with a notochord, or vertebral column) chosen for the ease of investigating particular biological phenomena in areas such ...

Animals are divided into two main groups. Animals that have a backbone are called vertebrates. Animals that don't have a backbone are called invertebrates. Vertebrates and invertebrates are ...