While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that regulates the production of two different proteins from the same gene.

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which ...

A new study analyzing diet, average plasma sugar levels and cancer prevalence in some 273 vertebrate species showed surprising results. The study found no significant link between diet and plasma ...

Model vertebrates are extensively studied non-human vertebrates (species with a notochord, or vertebral column) chosen for the ease of investigating particular biological phenomena in areas such ...

SeaWorld San Diego says rescuers are currently treating nine sea lions that were poisoned with domoic acid; one of the marine ...

The arrival of iguanas in the South Pacific can only be explained, a team of biologists have argued, if they caught a lift on ...

Researchers explore the relationship between diet, blood glucose levels, and cancer incidence across vertebrate species.

A genomic study may have revealed how Greenland sharks live for centuries and yet rarely get cancer.

When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did. There are ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.