The most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the effects of overexploitation, habitat loss and climate change, which are the ...
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, ...
In the most comprehensive study of animal evolution ever attempted, an international consortium of scientists plans to assemble a genomic zoo–a collection of DNA sequences for 10,000 vertebrate ...
Producing reference genomes for all known eukaryotic species (~1.8 million) over the next decade is a daunting task. But the Earth BioGenome Project is hoping to do exactly that. Two separate projects ...
Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...
About 55% of humans' victim species are killed for food, most of them other mammals and fish, such as these in Gaza City in 2021. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A ...
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