Fish rank as the most diverse group of vertebrates in the world. Scientists recognize over 37,000 distinct species, with many more waiting to be discovered. Most fish fall into the ray-finned group of ...

Dinosaur tooth enamel reveals distinct diets among species. Herbivores ate different plant parts. Carnivores ate different ...

Scientists studying ability of mice to regenerate ear damage say therapies based on retinoic acid might work across various tissue types.

After devastating wildfires scorched the Brazilian Pantanal, an unexpected phenomenon unfolded—more jaguars began arriving at ...

To draw sharks to the drum line, each of the floats had a small metal cage to hold chunks of fish that would release odorants ...

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away ...

More than 96% of deforestation, or human-caused, permanent removal of forest cover, occurs in the tropics.

The evolutionary quirks unveiled by the new research offer insight into how a subset of ichthyosaurs lived and hunted– and ...

Researchers found that 65% of cats sleep on their left side and only 35% prefer the right — this trait may have evolved as a ...

In an incredible twist of fate, a retired chicken farmer unearthed a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil in a pile of rocks ...

The Greenland shark – the world's longest-living vertebrate – is most often associated with cold Arctic waters. However, a ...

Topics range from social ecology in urban centres to the neural basis of communication in vertebrates / A total of approximately €33 million for the first funding period.