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1,539 results for: Vertebrates

  1. Tech

    Creature power

    Biological fuel cells that generate electricity by harnessing sugars and oxygen in the body may one day power implanted devices in humans and other animals.

    By Sam Lemonick
  2. Genetics

    Elephant shark genome small and slow to evolve

    The animals have the smallest genome of non-bony fishes and the slowest-evolving genes among vertebrates, a study suggests.

    By Ashley Yeager

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  4. August 28, 1926

  5. February 17, 1951

  6. June 13, 1925

  7. February 17, 1979

    By Demian Perry
  8. Life

    Wild snakes reproduce without sex

    Virgin births are not just a by-product of captivity.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Life

    Hind wings gave four-winged dino flight control

    Much-debated rear wings could have given Microraptor extra help in airborne maneuvers.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Paleontology

    Earliest primate had tree-climber ankles

    A creature known only from fossils of its teeth gets some more parts.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Life

    Rainforest katydids evolved mammal-like ears

    Tiny hearing organs below insect’s knees have a structure similar to those in humans.

    By Susan Milius
  12. Earth

    Gulf spill harmed small fish, studies indicate

    Effects vary but dire impacts seen with some very low exposures.

    By Janet Raloff