Learn how increased protein diversity in signaling genes may have helped drive the shift from invertebrates to vertebrates, ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that vertebrates make higher numbers of different forms of ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine - ...

First, dinosaur tracks aged around 140 million years were reported in 2025 on a remote stretch of the coast in South Africa’s ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

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Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...

In late 2025, governments took sweeping action for sharks and rays. At a global conference on wildlife trade in Uzbekistan ...

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The year 2022 has been declared by Pedro Sanchez, President of Spain, as the Year of Ramon y Cajal on the 170th anniversary ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...