Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

The extinction ended up erasing about 80-90% of marine species and approximately 70% of land-based vertebrate families, ...

A new study analyzing diet, average plasma sugar levels and cancer prevalence in some 273 vertebrate species showed surprising results. The study found no significant link between diet and plasma ...

the VGP aims to produce a high-quality reference genome assembly for each of the 71,657 named vertebrate species. Currently, about 3 assemblies are produced per week and this will be scaled up to ...

australis even more intriguing is its connection to a similar species from northern Scotland ... highlights the global connections of early vertebrate life across continents.

They cover less than 1% of the planet’s total surface, yet they’re home to almost a quarter of all vertebrate species – including over half of all the world’s fish species. It’s an extraordinary fact: ...

The world’s biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate. Population sizes of vertebrate species measured by the Living Planet Index (LPI) have more than halved in little more than 40 years. The LPI, ...

This shark has 38 known species across the globe and shares characteristics of both sharks and rays. The guitar shark family is among the top 10 most threatened vertebrate groups and two-thirds ...

The Marine Vertebrate Collection of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (ASIH Collection Code: SIO) maintains approximately two million alcohol-preserved specimens in over 120,000 lots, representing ...

In the winter months of eastern Brazil, temporary streams offer a home for a new species of frog. Mângia, et al (2025) Journal of Vertebrate Biology In the eastern Brazil state of Bahia ...