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Published Frogs were Florida's first-known vertebrates from the Caribbean



A new fossil study shows that frogs from the genus Eleutherodactylus are geologically the oldest Car...
Published Human expansion 1,000 years ago linked to Madagascar's loss of large vertebrates - Human Expansion 1,000 Years Ago Linked to Madagascar's Loss of Large Vertebrates


The island of Madagascar -- one of the last large land masses colonized by humans - -sits about 250...
Published Feeding mode of ancient vertebrate tested for first time



A feeding method of the extinct jawless heterostracans, among the oldest of vertebrates, has been ex ...
Published 319-million-year-old fish preserves the earliest fossilized brain of a backboned animal - 319-Million-Year-Old Fish Preserves the Earliest Fossilized Brain of a Backboned Animal


The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England m...
Published The Golgi organelle's ribbon structure is not exclusive to vertebrates, contrary to previous consensus



Researchers report that the Golgi ribbon, an organelle structure previously thought to be exclusive...
Published Study on lamprey embryos sheds light on the evolutionary origin of vertebrate head



Scientists have investigated lamprey embryos using cutting-edge microscopic techniques to reveal int...
Published New genome alignment tool empowers large-scale studies of vertebrate evolution - New Genome Alignment Tool Empowers Large-Scale Studies of Vertebrate Evolution



Three new articles present major advances in understanding the evolution of birds and mammals, made...
Published Fossil pigments shed new light on vertebrate evolution - Fossil Pigments: A New Tool for Understanding Vertebrate Evolution


This new paper shows that melanin is more than just something that gives colour to the body. It play...
Published Protecting lands slows biodiversity loss among vertebrates by five times



Protecting large swaths of Earth's land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss -- especially wh...
Published Scientists navigate uncharted waters in fish immunology research



Upon infection or immunization, all jawed vertebrate species generate proteins called antibodies tha ...
Published Millions of mysterious pits in the ocean decoded



The world's ocean are a vast habitat for countless creatures that settle, spawn, dig or feed on the...
Published Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free



Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the...
Published The gender gap in life expectancy: Are eggs and sperm partly responsible?



Researchers have found that germ cells, which develop into eggs and sperm, drive sex-dependent diffe...
Published Lampreys possess a 'jaw-dropping' evolutionary origin



Lampreys are one of only two living jawless vertebrates Jaws are formed by a key stem cell populatio ...
Published DNA sequence enhances understanding origins of jaws - DNA Sequence Enhances Understanding Origins of Jaws


Researchers have discovered and characterized a DNA sequence found in jawed vertebrates, such as sha ...
Published 3D mouth of an ancient jawless fish suggests they were filter-feeders, not scavengers or hunters



Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify the...
Published Fishy parenting? Punishing offspring encourages cooperation



Scientists discovered that Neolamprologus savoryi fish use punishment to encourage offspring to coop...
Published Interspecies competition led to even more forms of ancient human -- defying evolutionary trends in vertebrates



Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a '...
Published In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones



A new reconstruction of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish Tiktaalik -- a close relative of limbed...
Published Eyes for Love: Searching for light and a mate in the deep, dark sea, male dragonfishes grow larger eyes than the females they seek



The eyes of the male dragonfish grow larger for mate seeking, a sexual dimorphism that makes the dra...