Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck set out to categorize ...

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

Scientists have long puzzled over the gap in the fossil record that would explain the evolution of invertebrates to vertebrates. Vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, ...

Researchers have traced cell origins critical to vertebrate evolution by studying a group of primitive, bloodsucking fish called lampreys. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Evidence that the first widespread occurrence of terrestrial vertebrates 300 million years ago was in response to a brief episode of a globally warmer, drier climate Fedexia was described on the basis ...

Gathering vision data for hundreds of vertebrates and invertebrates, biologists have deepened scientists' understanding of animal vision, including the colors they see. The researchers determined that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Since its discovery nearly 70 years ago, paleontologists have ...

The state fossil of Illinois is a strange creature with stalked eyes and a long nose-like appendage with teeth, dubbed the “Tully monster.” Specimens typically measure just 15 centimeters (about 6 ...