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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

When we talk about prehistoric life, dinosaurs usually get all the attention. But the truth is, long before they came along, ...

Captive-bred axolotls can adapt to both restored and artificial wetlands, but face dangers from predators and rising ...

KINGSTON — Stephen Lougheed, a Queen’s University professor of biology and environmental studies, spoke about the importance ...

The remains of Juracanthocephalus were discovered in the Daohugou Lagerstaette, a fossil deposit in Inner Mongolia in northeastern China. This site is known for its large number of remarkably ...