Bolivian Jewelry ‘s gecko bracelets, $5, are the perfect way to spread reptile love. This humorous t-shirt from Abby’s Design ...

A team of herpetologists at the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz just reported that a tiny frog found only in a hilltop forest in southern Bahia, Brazil, may be the smallest vertebrate in the world ...

Because we're a member of the group, it's easy to see vertebrates as the pinnacle of evolution, a group capable of producing bats, birds, and giant whales in addition to ourselves. But when they first ...

The shrew was still alive in the web, the researchers report, although it was only seen making a few slight movements near the beginning of its ordeal. That's probably due to the spider's powerful ...

Four-limbed vertebrates, known as tetrapods, have two enlarged areas in their spinal cords. The two enlargements have a ...

The $148,000 award supports collaborative research and community outreach on Pennsylvania’s Devonian fossil record.

The monster is back! Well, not alive, but back in the scientific spotlight. In 1958 amateur fossil hunter Francis Tully found some strange fossils at the famous Mazon Creek site, about 15 miles ...

Scientists discovered true teeth growing on the head of the spotted ratfish, a distant shark relative. The toothed structure, called a tenaculum, helps males hold onto females during mating. Genetic ...

World's oldest vertebrate brain found in 319-million-year-old fossil By Michael Irving February 05, 2023 The fossilized skull of a fish, with a penny for scale, contains the oldest preserved brain of ...

The Philippines, long recognized as one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, could lose nearly a quarter of ...