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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine - including all mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians - evolved. In a paper ...

Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates ...

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

“ Tyrannoroter is the earliest and most complete vertebrate land herbivore to show adaptations that could process high-fiber ...

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