Evolution is a master ... outer ear predates the evolution of vertebrates; it may date back hundreds of millions of years to some of the first marine invertebrates that had gill-like projections.

A major departure in adaptive immunity is evident within vertebrate ... basis for the evolution of adaptive immune systems. Genomic investigations of other deuterostome invertebrate groups ...

It’s the only species of vertebrate known to have this trait, although the recent discovery that the nine-banded armadillo is actually four different species could possibly bring a challenge to ...

These findings challenge the traditional view of brain evolution and demonstrate that, while ... Less, but More: A New Evolutionary Scenario Marked by Massive Gene Loss and Expansion Feb. 10 ...

The Fossil Vertebrate and Ichnofossil Collection in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History has focused on the Paleogene fossil record of the Rocky Mountain region, but our collections ...

But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A new study suggests that this is an ongoing evolution where both sexes ...

Other invertebrates, like insects, spiders and crustaceans, have a hard outer casing called an exoskeleton. This protects their body a bit like a suit of armour. Vertebrates have a backbone inside ...

Still wracked by doubt, Darwin finally published his new theory of evolution. It would become one of the most important books ever written. Darwin described writing it as like 'living in Hell'.

This is not an introductory book for someone embarking on a study of invertebrate zoology. However, for working biologists, postgraduate students and advancing undergraduates, its nearly six hundred ...