About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and ...

In the animal kingdom, the vertebrate intestine is renowned for its regenerative capacity, a vital process for maintaining ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

A major event in vertebrate evolution was the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life, made possible by the emergence of ...

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years ...

Despite decades of research, its evolutionary origins remain an enigma. We propose that the alpha rhythm played a pivotal role in the cognitive evolution of nocturnal mammals (Shibata et al.). By ...

In collaboration with University of California Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology ... noticing the mammals’ habit of stashing food away for later or taking micronaps.

If we classify further how many animals are in the world, we can divide invertebrates and vertebrates into six categories: A fact worth noting is that humans belong to the category of mammals, which ...

Fosillised scales and teeth of the wealden fish (Lepidotes) found inside the ribs of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri, Surrey © The Trustees of the Natural History ...