During animal development, cells divide and arrange themselves in a coordinated way, eventually forming the embryo. The cells communicate with one another during this process through cell-surface ...

Locomotor circuits in terrestrial vertebrates. The transition from water to land-based locomotion during vertebrate evolution resulted in a marked change in the mode by which vertebrate animals move.

Anxiety, the psychological and physiological state characterized by an anticipation of potential threats and a heightened ...

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

New research shows the anti-aging drug Rapamycin extends lifespan as effectively as dietary restriction in vertebrates.

The anti-aging drug Rapamycin has the same life-extending effect as eating less, according to new research from the University of East Anglia and University of Glasgow.

A large meta-analysis has found that the drug leading the charge in anti-aging science is just as effective in protecting ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

The anti-aging drug rapamycin has the same life-extending effect as eating less, according to new research from the ...

From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity ...

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a ...