Ancient sea creatures sported mohawk-like spines LONDON — When scientists discovered two ancient sea creatures from 430 million years ago, they didn’t expect to find themselves drawing parallels with ...

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

All animal evolution for the last half billion years has come from tinkering with these Cambrian body plans. Then, between about 570 and 530 million years ago, another burst of diversification ...

Genetic structure clearly influences the evolution of animal sociality. But do genes themselves influence an individual’s altruistic behavior? As new genomic tools become available, one of the ...

This groundbreaking discovery enriches our understanding of ecdysozoan evolution and underscores the role of the fossil record in addressing key questions about early animal development.