An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding tenure-track Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor in either the Department of Ichthyology or M...

Scientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things

This searchable gallery includes entries for fish families of the world, which may include photographs of preserved specimens, reconstructed CT and photogrammetry 3D models, xrays, characteristics for...

Alt: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell

Recombination can speed up adaptation by bringing beneficial alleles together. However, this study shows rapid adaptation in Threespine Stickleback fish depends more on the initial frequency of allele...

Before newly hatched fruit flies feed for the first time, they need to empty their gut. But that’s not all: researchers led by Prof. Anissa Kempf at the Biozentrum have now discovered a surprising lin...

Evolution shifts dopamine neuron responses in cavefish, reversing how light drives their behavior.

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Nature - Single-cell transcriptomics combined with morphological and ecological data show that the rapid evolutionary radiation of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika was accompanied by dietary...

They won for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, which is one way the body helps keep the immune system from getting out of whack and attacking your own tissues..

An animals survival is dependent on activating the correct behavioral circuit in response to a sensory stimulus. These stimuli include environmental odorants that evoke positive approach behavior and ...

Abstract. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a gene cluster essential for pathogen recognition in jawed vertebrates. It encompasses the MHC clas

She used her global fame to draw attention to the plight of dwindling chimpanzee populations and, more broadly, to the perils of environmental destruction.

Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a