Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.

Learn how increased protein diversity in signaling genes may have helped drive the shift from invertebrates to vertebrates, ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine - ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that vertebrates make higher numbers of different forms of ...

Tuna, salmon, mackerel. I’ve never looked at my afternoon sushi and wondered if it’s related to humans. So, I asked one of those friends named Thomas Siek. He’s a biological anthropologist at ...

Mosasaurs are extinct marine lizards, spectacular examples of which were first discovered in 1766 near Maastricht in the Netherlands, fueling the rise of the field of vertebrate palaeontology (the ...