New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a ...

A new species of small toad has been discovered in the highlands of Guyana, Adhaerobufo wokomungensis, living in isolated ...

Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...

New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

New pieces have been added to the puzzle of the evolution of some of the oldest fish that lived on Earth more than 400 million years ago. In two separate studies, experts in Australia and China have ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine - ...

Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through ...

Pesticides are becoming more toxic and just about every country is using more of them year after year, despite a UN target to ...