The newly discovered fish fossil fills a key gap in our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate diversity.

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published two back-to-back ...

The Mississippi River flows for around 2,350 miles through the heart of the US. It drains an area of 1.2 million square miles – that's roughly 40% of the country – and at certain points is 11 miles ...

Discover the brutal techniques used by some British birds to catch their prey - from impaling on spikes through to stabbing ...

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 ...

Tyrannoroter had specialized teeth to pulverize plants It lived 307 million years ago during Carboniferous Period Its skull was found in Canada's Nova Scotia province Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists ...

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 ...

An illustration of a four-eyed myllokunmingid, a jawless fish that lived more than 500 million years ago Xiangtong Lei and Sihang Zhang Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see the world using four camera-type eyes, reshaping our understanding of how ...

In our biology class, were learned the definition of invertebrates: animals lacking a backbone, such as crabs and insects and jelly fish and worms. We humans have related the spineless nature of these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers are concerned about a change in migratory patterns across Karnataka that indicate the region is ...

Scientists found that adult bristleworm eyes grow continuously thanks to a rim of neural stem cells similar to those in vertebrate eyes. This growth is surprisingly regulated by environmental light ...