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

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

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, ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. The findings ...

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.

An international research team has revealed the snow leopard's unique evolutionary path by studying rare snow leopard fossils ...

From the perspective of viruses spread by insects, or arboviruses, making the evolutionary leap from insects to humans is a tough battle. Viruses cannot replicate very well in humans, which means ...

Rare California Rodent Caught On Film For First Time. The rare and elusive Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed for the ...

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 ...