A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...
The fossil site revealed a diverse community of Ediacaran organisms — both new, undescribed animal forms and groups known ...
Researchers have recovered more than 700 fossil specimens.
Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very ...
From comparison of the eyes of lampreys and jawed vertebrates, it is clear that a 'vertebrate-style' camera eye was already present in the last common ancestor of these taxa, around 500 million years ...
Researchers at the University of Bristol have traced the genetic changes that allowed animals to colonize land not once but ...
Did Earth’s major diversification event really happen in one sudden explosion? Our fossil discovery suggests not.
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are type-I transmembrane proteins with extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) motifs and an intracellular Toll/interleukin-1R (TIR) domain. TLR genes are restricted to ...
All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton, one pair of ...
At nearly 6,200 meters below the Pacific Ocean’s surface, scientists have discovered mysterious black eggs attached to a rock ...
Activity 1 – Frog or toad? Activity 2 – Classify the animals Activity 3 – Classification keys quiz Activity 4 – Create a classification key Classification helps scientists to put living things into ...