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

A new study by University of Arizona researchers reveals that Earth may host twice as many vertebrate species as previously ...

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

Researchers found that vertebrate eyes - including humans’ - began as brain tissue from a single ancestral light-sensing organ.

For every recognized vertebrate species, there are on average two unrecognized, or "cryptic" species, according to a new study led by University of ...

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

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

The monster is back! Well, not alive, but back in the scientific spotlight. In 1958 amateur fossil hunter Francis Tully found some strange fossils at the famous Mazon Creek site, about 15 miles ...

World's oldest vertebrate brain found in 319-million-year-old fossil By Michael Irving February 05, 2023 The fossilized skull of a fish, with a penny for scale, contains the oldest preserved brain of ...