518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

An in-depth analysis reveals that for each identified vertebrate species, there may be two others, nearly identical in appearance but genetically distinct. Scientists have long classified ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates ...

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona say there may be at least twice as many vertebrate species as previously recognized. The findings suggest that global vertebrate biodiversity has been ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After an ancient extinction killed about 85% of marine species, survivors in isolated refuges helped jawed vertebrates diversify ...

The most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the effects of overexploitation, habitat loss and climate change, which are the ...

A major fossil discovery in Canada sheds new light on the development of the earliest vertebrates, including the origin of jaws, the first time this feature has been seen so early in the fossil record ...

Biologists have considered nearly every major taxon of animals as the key starting point for the evolution of vertebrates. We survey these ideas, many of which are no longer tenable in the light of ...

Those of you who took high school biology may remember the lancelet, also known as the amphioxus. Its simplified body plan is notable for containing a number of features that it shares in common with ...