Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

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

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

Vertebrates (animals with vertebrae) constitute a large group of animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. A remarkable stage in their evolution was the transition from ...

Fish: Vertebrates that live in water and breathe using gills; Fish are defined as vertebrates (meaning they have a backbone) that live in water and use gills to breathe.

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

In the past, various researchers have placed yunnanozoans into multiple clades, including cephalochordates (a clade of rudimentary invertebrate marine animals), hemichordates (considered to be a link ...

My, what small teeth they had. A newfound treasure trove of ancient fish fossils unearthed in southern China is opening a window into the earliest history of jawed vertebrates — a group that ...

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

For human beings and 99.8% of our fellow vertebrates, having jaws is an integral part of life. Just try eating a taco without them. But, like everything else in our bodies, jaws had to start ...

Vertebrates May Have Used Vocal Communication More Than 100 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought Animals with a backbone may have first emitted something akin to bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots ...

This discovery pushed the emergence of vertebrates some 20 to 30 million years later than once thought. But the finding was hard for Haridy to stomach.