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

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New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven distinct ones.

Hoppers” might be built with familiar parts, but Pixar’s latest isn’t trying to hide its various influences. Instead, this buoyant, freewheeling adventure about a spirited 19-year-old environmental ...

Hoppers” might be built with familiar parts, but Pixar’s latest isn’t trying to hide its various influences. Instead, this buoyant, freewheeling adventure about a spirited 19-year-old environmental ac ...

A newly discovered collection of 400-million-year-old bony fish fossils is rewriting the history of vertebrate evolution.