June 18, 2025 report The GIST Approximately one-third of vertebrate scavenger species may be facing population decline by Bob Yirka, Phys.org edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors ...

One possibility is that intelligence in vertebrates — animals with backbones, including mammals and birds — evolved once. In that case, both groups would have inherited the complex neural pathways ...

News Family Ask Dr. Universe: Fish, humans and all vertebrates share a common ancestor Mon., Feb. 24, 2025 Methuselah the Australian lungfish lives at the California Academy of Sciences.

The evolution of the neck in vertebrates: a key innovation for conquering terrestrial environments Vertebrates (animals with vertebrae) constitute a large group of animals including fish, amphibians, ...

Key model for scientific research The researchers note in the article that the study of turtle genomes provides crucial information that could transform our understanding of biology and evolution ...

Anna Butterss is caught between two worlds—or three, or four. The dream of a life in jazz lured them from Australia to the U.S., but they soon became one of the most in-demand bassists in a raft ...

The first true flying vertebrates walked before they could soar ‘That pterosaurs could fly is only one part of their story.’ By Laura Baisas Published Oct 4, 2024 11:00 AM EDT ...

Researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute developed a powerful new genome alignment method that has made the new studies possible, including the largest genome alignment ever achieved of ...

Only adults - people aged 18 and over - can vote in a general election. People need to register to vote to be allowed to take part. The right to vote is called suffrage. All men got the right to ...

All chordates, such as vertebrates, eel-like lancelets, and tunicates, or sea squirts, at some point in their lives have a flexible, rod-shaped nerve structure called a notochord in their backs.

The fossil of Pikaia, a creature that lived 508 million years ago and may have been a close relative of vertebrates. Mussini et al., Current Biology 2024 ...