Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, ...

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 ...

A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A bear snatching a fish out of the water with its claws. And the most dangerous predator of them all? A human and their pet bird dancing to “Gangnam Style.” Scientists ...

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

What do we have in common with fish, besides being vertebrates? The types of joints we (and most vertebrates) share most likely originated from the same common ancestor. But it’s not a feature that we ...

The Cambrian fossil record indicates that most animal phyla had diversified and inhabited the Earth’s oceans approximately 518 million years ago. But even though chordates—the group that includes ...