New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...

Recent studies reveal that changes in gene regulation, not just gene sequences, are crucial for the evolution of animal ...

The next step is to build a sleeker model that’s easier to manipulate, scientist say.

Sphen and Magic, two male Gentoo penguins, recently made headlines when they ‘adopted’ an egg. Gentoos are closely related to Adélie penguins, the species Levick first observed in 1911. After the two ...

The study, recently published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, suggests that the genetic variation of two species, the Brazilian sibilator frog and the granular toad, both ...

Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at the University of Oxford have uncovered a clue that may help to explain why the earliest evidence of complex ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet still gives rise to a kaleidoscope of different cell types and tissues. A ...

Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) have identified a new species of rhino that once roamed Canada's High Arctic 23 million years ago. The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal ...

Nonhuman animals (animals) including companion animals (pets), wild animals, and those used for research, education, entertainment, food, and clothing are a topic of great interest to people worldwide ...