There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That's ...

In response to social cues, individual clownfish will switch sexes. Cutting-edge research reveals the neural and genetic ...

The earliest ancestors of all backboned animals, including humans, may have viewed the world with four eyes, not just two.

Recent advances have increased the number of bacteria, protists, fungi, and insects are known to science, making it difficult ...

The 300 million-year-old Tyrannoroter heberti had teeth specialized for eating plants, making it one of the oldest species to ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

We’re only in the early stages of 2026, and one massive change from last year may have already occurred: there may actually ...

A fossilised dinosaur egg was uncovered in South America, and scientists are calling it a remarkable discovery. The egg is ...

New research uncovers a hybrid visual cell in deep-sea fish, challenging the traditional rod-cone dichotomy in vertebrates. These cells, discovered in larvae of certain Red Sea fish, mix the ...

Rare fossils discovered in southern China reveals that the earliest creatures with spines — ...

The findings strengthen the case that regeneration is an old trait, offering insights into how complex tissues rebuild themselves.

“This study demonstrates that eggshell biocalcite from non-avian dinosaurs, birds, and other egg-laying vertebrates has the potential to serve as a reliable geochronometer in Mesozoic and Cenozoic ...