Roughly 201 million years ago, drastic changes extinguished many forms of life and led to conditions that allowed the ...

Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

Scientists have discovered the world's first transparent frog, an incredible amphibian that allows you to see its internal organs through its skin. This astonishing find showcases nature’s hidden ...

The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive weapon.

Bad Bunny’s latest album amplifies the voices of Puerto Rico’s coquí and endangered crested toad, highlighting the urgent ...

This was the age of the amphibian. ♪ Early amphibians were some of the first vertebrates to “take the leap” from water onto land. Today, their descendants come in a variety of species and ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in Europe when the region was already inhabited by Neanderthals. An international team has now ...

The increasing prevalence of emerging infectious diseases in human and animal populations worldwide underscores the need to ...

The earliest amniotes were reptiles, and are thought to have emerged from prehistoric amphibians in the late Carboniferous period roughly 318 million years ago. These early amniotes saw many ...

The early record from the Isles of Scilly was followed by another two sightings in Cornwall, one in a pond near Jacobstow on ...