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 ...

The dinosaur that made them is said to be between five and six metres long, spiky and armoured with a stiff tail or full club. The species has been named Ruopodosaurus clava.

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, ...

Rivers, lakes and wetlands are among the most biodiverse places on earth. They cover less than 1% of the planet’s total surface, yet they’re home to almost a quarter of all vertebrate species – ...

A recent groundbreaking study has revealed an astonishing natural event: terrestrial animals that managed to journey across ...

The research, published in the National Science Review, details the discovery of Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis, a new species ...

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

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 ...

Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well ... to a study published March 17 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The study team excavated multiple ...

Wildlife spotted at 28 biodiversity monitoring stations included yellow rail, an "extremely rare" black-billed cuckoo, an ...

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 ...