While Duonychus tsogtbaatari had formidable claws, they were likely used to grasp vegetation, according to a study of a fully ...

UK biologists traced the evolution of this neurohormone known as bombesin beyond mammals. Search led them to bombesin-like ...

A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns ...

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, in collaboration with ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years.

The discovery could help develop new Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs. The post Study finds hormone controlling appetite comes ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has ...

While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada of DePaul University led the study along with 28 other shark, fossil, and vertebrate anatomy experts from around the globe. Findings from the study are ...