The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...
About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...
Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...
From genetics alone, scientists can now predict how long any of myriad different creatures can live. The “lifespan clock” estimates vertebrate animals’ (those with a backbone) longevity — including ...
The use of vertebrate animals in Research, teaching, outreach and other activities performed by or on behalf of Purdue University must be guided by the highest ethical standards and adhere to ...
Over 500 land-based vertebrates — animals with spines — are on the brink of extinction. “We are no longer looking at the loss of obscure species that most people aren’t interested in,” Tierra Curry, a ...
Global change is eroding life on earth at an unprecedented rate and scale. Species extinctions have accelerated over the last decades, with the concomitant loss of the functions and services they ...
Most of what we know about ancient extinct animals comes from their bones, since soft tissues don’t usually fossilize well. But now, scientists have discovered the oldest preserved vertebrate brain, ...