FOR long we have accepted as well-established and equivalent the five classes of vertebrate animals, but recent zoological ... of the vertebrate phylogenetic tree, most of the branches being ...

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

Evolutionary trees show how different species have evolved ... So the question is, why? How could an animal be so precisely adapted to a particular lifestyle? The answer is natural selection.

To help you explore this tree and understand the amazing mechanism behind it, we’ve created the NOVA Evolution Lab. Play this Lab and you’ll be on your way to becoming an expert in ...

The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...

Networks of Genome Evolution Replace the Tree of Life Evolutionary biologists ... century as ultramicroscopic parasites of plants and animals, which passed through filters that held back bacteria.

Humans' increasingly large footprint across the planet is forcing plants & animals to adapt and is affecting some species' evolutionary path.

offers a new understanding of the intricate factors influencing the evolution of lower jaw morphology in these animals, known collectively as lepidosaurs. The researchers discovered that jaw shape ...