The preservation of fossils of some of the oldest known vertebrates is so impressive that palaeontologists can not only count their eyes, but determine how they worked. The findings demonstrate that ...

A lake skygazer shows accelerated aging when exposed to chronic low doses of the insecticide chlorpyrifos, according to researchers. The study finds that chronic low-dose exposures result in the ...

New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

The discovery shows that ancient vertebrates had a far more complex visual system than previously thought.

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to master powered flight, yet much of their story remains uncertain. Fossil evidence reveals impressive wingspans and diversity, but key details about their ...

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food production sector globally, supplying more than half of the fish and seafood ...

A paper published last year in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface described a feather as a masterpiece of engineering, one comprising nine orders of magnitude, from the nanoscale to the meter ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...

They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...

The long-living sharks aren't as blind as once thought and have DNA repair mechanisms that may help prevent their vision from ...