Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to ...
Scientists have identified a unique intestinal cell in Burmese pythons that allows the snakes to digest and expel excess calcium and phosphorus from prey bones. The discovery, presented at a biology ...
Cephalopods such as octopuses are known to feel pain, but there is a lack of suitable analgesics for use in these animals.
This tiny dinosaur-era mammal may hold the secret to surviving Earth’s worst extinction.
“These findings revise the view of the Cretaceous ocean as a world dominated only by large vertebrate predators,” study ...
Scientists have discovered that Greenland sharks may be the longest-living animals on the planet. These incredible creatures ...
New research on Australia’s K’gari reveals high‑intensity human‑caused wildfires drastically reduce vertebrate diversity in fire‑adapted Banksia aemula woodlands, underscoring urgent needs for ...
On a fateful day 210 million years ago, two crocodile cousins about the size of jackals stood side-by-side amid the low ferns ...
Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...
The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...
Two Montana State University students have been awarded competitive Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science ...