Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After an ancient extinction killed about 85% of marine species, survivors in isolated refuges helped jawed vertebrates diversify ...

The water-to-land transition stands as one of the most significant events in vertebrate evolution, giving rise to the two major groups of living land ...

A harlequin poison dart frog (Oophaga sylvatica) is pictured at the Tesoros de Colombia (Treasures of Colombia) sustainable farm in Nocaima, Cundinamarca department, Colombia, on July 9, 2024.

Researchers report February 15 in the journal Cell that ancient viruses may be to thank for myelin—and, by extension, our large, complex brains. The team found that a retrovirus-derived genetic ...

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

NEW YORK, NY– Today, the Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, led by Erich Jarvis and Co-Directors Giulio Formenti and Jennifer Balacco, at The Rockefeller University, has received funding as part of ...

An in-depth analysis reveals that for each identified vertebrate species, there may be two others, nearly identical in appearance but genetically distinct. Scientists have long classified animals ...