While they may be outnumbered and outweighed by insects, the terrestrial world is really the kingdom of the vertebrates.

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

When it comes to animals, most researchers in the field agree that three groups (and probably only three) display behaviour ...

If you dig through the news, you may come across stories of different plants and animals enduring forest fires, sea ...

Habitat loss, exacerbated by climate change, is the leading cause of population decline in species, the head of the wildlife ...

Many animals are vertebrates. In their cells ... foundational unit of genomic architecture in mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. However, the genomes of the early-branching animals ...

A new study reveals that distal gene regulation via DNA looping evolved 150 million years earlier than previously believed.

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short ...

“Second, the empirical evidence indicates that conscious experience is at least a realistic possibility in all vertebrates ...

The inner ear contains distinct sensory organs, produced sequentially by segregation from a large sensory-competent domain in the developing otic vesicle. To understand the mechanistic basis of this ...

Days later, a woman canoeing in Lake Kissimmee was killed by an alligator. Other dangerous animals in Florida include crocodiles, black bears, sharks, and venomous snakes. While less likely to ...