The article presenting the research results was published online at the end of February in the journal Ichnos. The study focuses on two trackways (T1 and T2) preserved as convex hyporeliefs on the ...

Most mammals wear coats of brown, black, and gray, while parrots flash brilliant reds, reef fish shimmer in electric blue, and chameleons shift between greens and golds. This disparity is not random.

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, ...

Northeast Pet Showcase Features Entertainment, Education & Shopping Runs March 6th-8th The public we encounter ...

New Mexico is the third most biodiverse state in the nation, according to the New Mexico Wildlife Center, with over 1,000 reptile and amphibian species alone. One of ...

Buford the Gila monster at Caldwell Zoo plays a surprising role in medical research, with the venom contributing to diabetes and weight loss medications.

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

A newly discovered collection of 400-million-year-old bony fish fossils is rewriting the history of vertebrate evolution.

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.