An entire classroom erupts into full-fledged laughter as they fumble the words coming out 100 miles an hour. It’s the kind of laughter that makes you double over and your eyes tear up, in a good way.

Researchers have elucidated the evolutionary origins of placodes and neural crests, which are defining features of vertebrates, through lineage tracing and genetic analysis in Ciona intestinalis, a ...

New research finds that the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago, documenting an important episode ...

Invertebrates dominate the animal kingdom, making up 97 percent of all creatures. These animals, lacking a backbone, display incredible diversity. From microscopic mites to giant squid, their ...

Invertebrate Animals: The animal kingdom is full of diverse species, each uniquely adapted to survive in its environment. Among them is a vast group known as invertebrates, animals that do not have a ...

Peter Contos receives funding from the Ecological Society of Australia. Heloise Gibb receives funding from the Hermon Slade Foundation and the Australian Research Council Many of Australia’s natural ...

A mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago hit the reset button on Earth’s life, setting the stage for modern vertebrate biodiversity. The mass extinction scrambled the species pool near the time ...

Invertebrates, like vertebrates, are classed by body form, life cycle, and evolutionary history. Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone or bony skeleton.They vary in size from microscopic ...