One of the most remarkable anatomical differences among vertebrate bodies is the relative size of their neck, trunk and tail. This can be illustrated by comparing the bodies of a typical snake and of ...

One Tail at a Time helped a stray dog living in a tree in Chicago, finding a forever home for the pet before the holiday and ...

The Spemann–Mangold organizer is an axis-inducing centre that is evolutionarily conserved in vertebrates. It coordinates pattern formation along the anterior–posterior, dorsal–ventral and left–right ...

I recently watched a brown creeper hitching up a little spruce tree just outside my window. Brown creepers typically forage for invertebrates by moving vertically up a tree trunk, hooking their sharp ...

A new study reveals the mechanisms behind trunk to tail transition in vertebrates. One of the most remarkable anatomical differences among vertebrate bodies is the relative size of their neck, trunk ...