Greenland sharks have been identified as the longest-living vertebrates on Earth, potentially reaching ages of up to 500 ...

The Greenland shark holds the title as the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth, with some individuals potentially reaching 500 ...

The University of Birmingham supports hosting the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s 85th Annual Meeting.

Louis-Philippe Bateman's fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada's geological ...

Birmingham has won the bid to host the annual international conference for experts in the field of vertebrate palaeontology, ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Like an undersea invertebrate, Australia contracts and expands its size and influence on the tides of global pressure — but ...

Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, ...

The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...

The zebrafish has gained increasing recognition as a valuable vertebrate model in biomedical research. Its powerful genetic toolkit, coupled with ...

Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...