Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, but they remain the only major volant group to face ...

Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such ...

The University’s Museum of Natural History is located on the southern end of campus, in a repurposed library space. Visitors ...

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores—but how? What type of food did extinct ...

Welcome to 2025, everyone. Without introductory fanfare, here are my top birding highlights from the past year.

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we ...

The entire procedure typically takes five to 10 minutes. One of the main challenges ... this method with larger fish specimens and other vertebrates. They are particularly interested in studying ...

Humans aren't alone when it comes to yawning — all vertebrates do it too, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. But why? The "evolutionarily ancient" act of yawning likely ...

FILE – Chickens stand in their cages at a farm, in Iowa, Nov. 16, 2009. Four more people, all Colorado poultry workers, have been diagnosed with bird flu infections, health officials said late Sunday, ...

Research published in 2016 determined the sharks are the longest-living vertebrates ... the Greenland shark’s genome, only about 10 genomes were available for all elasmobranchs — a subclass ...