"This is the first evidence of the oldest venomous vertebrate ever found, and what is even more surprising is that it is not in a species that we expected it to be," says Benoit. "Today ...

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 ...

A major event in vertebrate evolution was the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life, made possible by the emergence of new structures such as limbs and the neck. In an article published in ...

This discovery pushed the emergence of vertebrates some 20 to 30 million years later than once thought. But the finding was hard for Haridy to stomach.

All chordates, such as vertebrates, eel-like lancelets, and tunicates, or sea squirts, at some point in their lives have a flexible, rod-shaped nerve structure called a notochord in their backs. A ...

The Greenland shark holds the title as the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth, with some individuals potentially reaching 500 years of age. This elusive deep-sea predator, found in the frigid ...

The naked mole rat has been named Vertebrate of the Year by Science Magazine. The naked mole can now add an honor to its impressive list of distinctions. The long-living, subterranean rodent has ...

A tiny Brazilian frog about the size of a pea may threaten the current record-holder for the world’s smallest vertebrate.. The flea toad Brachycephalus pulex, which is actually a frog species ...

Those three animals are among the third of all wild vertebrate species that people eat, trade or otherwise use, a new study reveals. Out of nearly 47,000 vertebrate species around the world ...