Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

Scientists compared genomes from 154 animal species and found that land animals share genetic tricks for surviving outside ...

How animals of the Cambrian period experienced the Cambrian Explosion, which shaped life today and could help researchers ...

Opening up a portal into the earliest days of animal evolution, Monterey Bay area scientists have unlocked the genetic code of a comb jelly, a shimmering sea creature whose ancestors are among the ...

Large blocks of genes conserved through hundreds of millions of years of evolution hint at how the first animal chromosomes came to be. Chromosomes, the bundles of DNA that star in the mitotic ballet ...

The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your tiniest, yet closest relatives.

Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too, ...

At first glance, starfish seem to be all limbs, with five appendages lined with rows of tube feet giving them their signature shape. Marine scientists have long wondered how they evolved to have such ...