According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a ...

518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

Researchers have elucidated the evolutionary origins of placodes and neural crests, which are defining features of vertebrates, through lineage tracing and genetic analysis in Ciona intestinalis, a ...

A harlequin poison dart frog (Oophaga sylvatica) is pictured at the Tesoros de Colombia (Treasures of Colombia) sustainable farm in Nocaima, Cundinamarca department, Colombia, on July 9, 2024.

How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study co-authored by Bruce ...

Chinese paleontologists have discovered the world's oldest complete bony fish fossils, dating back 436 million years ...