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 ...

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

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

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

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

New research challenges the one-level view of evolution, showing natural selection works on individuals and groups together.

Tyrannoroter heberti fossil shows one of the earliest land animals to eat plants, changing what we know about how ...

“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 ...

The juvenile dinosaur is so well preserved that its individual cells can still be identified under a microscope.

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are set to return to Alabama next week. The tiny birds migrated south last fall, spending the ...

On July 19, 1991, 12-year-old Jared Negrete went on a camping trip with a scout troop of 14 other boys to the summit of Mount ...

To sort the earliest branches of the dinosaur family tree, paleontologists compare skeletons piece by piece. They build evolutionary trees from hundreds of anatomical traits—hip sockets, vertebrae, ...