Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

David Attenborough embarks on an epic 500-million-year journey to unravel the incredible rise of the vertebrates. He presents explosive new fossil evidence from a region he’s long dreamt of exploring ...

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Arizona suggests that for every recognized vertebrate species, there are, on average, two ...