and she made significant contributions to the collection by collecting from the Miocene Barstow Formation and the Eocene/Oligocene White River Group in Nebraska. Since its founding in 1902, the UCM ...

which makes them the most endangered group of vertebrate animals. The world's seven sea turtle species are not included in this statistic. Turtles are often hunted for food, pets or medicinal use ...

Those of you who took high school biology may remember the lancelet, also known as the amphioxus. Its simplified body plan is notable for containing a number of features that it shares in common ...

The cradle of vertebrate evolution was limited to a zone of shallow coastal waters, no more than 60 meters deep. In those waters, fish — the first vertebrates — appeared roughly 480 million ...

A new assessment of these primates reveals they are probably the most endangered group of vertebrates on Earth ... 19 are "vulnerable" on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, compared ...

A newfound treasure trove of ancient fish fossils unearthed in southern China is opening a window into the earliest history of jawed vertebrates — a group that encompasses 99 percent of all ...