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There may be twice as many vertebrate species on Earth as thought, thanks to hidden cryptic species
We’re only in the early stages of 2026, and one massive change from last year may have already occurred: there may actually ...
Recent advances have increased the number of bacteria, protists, fungi, and insects are known to science, making it difficult ...
There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That's ...
In the most comprehensive study of animal evolution ever attempted, an international consortium of scientists plans to assemble a genomic zoo–a collection of DNA sequences for 10,000 vertebrate ...
Producing reference genomes for all known eukaryotic species (~1.8 million) over the next decade is a daunting task. But the Earth BioGenome Project is hoping to do exactly that. Two separate projects ...
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.
In a comparative analysis across vertebrates of the many cell types in the retina -- mice alone have 130 types -- researchers concluded that most cell types have an ancient evolutionary history. Their ...
The earliest ancestors of all backboned animals, including humans, may have viewed the world with four eyes, not just two.
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