Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.
Scientists analyzing 443-million-year-old Scottish fossils have uncovered the early evidence that some of the first groups of ...
Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...
A feeding method of the extinct jawless heterostracans, among the oldest of vertebrates, has been examined and dismissed by scientists, using fresh techniques. A feeding method of the extinct jawless ...
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a ...
About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, and shallow seas shrank fast.