Scientists discover webbed feet in land animals, challenging common assumptions. This trait, initially for swimming, also ...

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

This article was originally featured on High Country News. Increasing frequent and intense fires are shaping how species change, according to a paper published last year in the journal Trends in ...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...

Ross Anderson receives funding from the Royal Society. There are estimated to be nearly 8 million species of animals living today, making up the majority of Earth’s documented biodiversity and ...

The evolutionary origin of sperm can be traced back to a single-celled ancestor of all living animals. Almost all animals reproduce by having a single-celled stage of their life cycle, involving two ...

So what is an animal anyway? In our inaugural episode of Crash Course Zoology, we’ll endeavor to answer just that because as it turns out, it’s complicated! But before we get there we’ll need to ...

Increasing frequent and intense fires are shaping how species change, according to a paper published last year in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution. While previous research tended to focus on ...