Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A bear snatching a fish out of the water with its claws. And the most dangerous predator of them all? A human and their pet bird dancing to “Gangnam Style.” Scientists ...

What do we have in common with fish, besides being vertebrates? The types of joints we (and most vertebrates) share most likely originated from the same common ancestor. But it’s not a feature that we ...

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

The Cambrian fossil record indicates that most animal phyla had diversified and inhabited the Earth’s oceans approximately 518 million years ago. But even though chordates—the group that includes ...