The 500-million-year-old primitive fish without bones or teeth has surprisingly advanced anatomical features. “Based on the ...

Assumptions that may seem self-evident are not always accurate when it comes to the evolution of vertebrate brains.

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

Visual systems of both humans and animals can detect life motion from the environment at the earliest stage of visual ...

Scientists have discovered that the longest living vertebrates on Earth are Greenland sharks. Researchers used radiocarbon ...

A three-quarter inch fossil discovered in Utah may hold the key to the origin of Earth’s vertebrates, a pair of scientists believe. The found fossil could show the growth of animal life during ...

What is the “most Canadian” animal? Spoiler: it’s not the beaver or the moose. Researchers have unveiled the most ...

Creatine is commonly associated with athletes and bodybuilders, but the popular supplement seems to have broad benefits on ...

At the ends of your toes are an evolutionary artifact of humans’ primate history, hiding in plain sight. Instead of sharp, ...

Some consider the resulting meat — known as Hákarl by Greenlanders — a delicacy. “Apparently it tastes like a very ripe ...