Many people deem scorpions as one of the most interesting members of the class Arachnida owing to their formidable looks, pincer-like pedipalps, and segmented tails that hold their telsons or stingers ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously thought, but also in echinoderms (invertebrates). This is one of the most ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Nevertheless he imagined gradation from simple-eyed animals with pigment-coated nerves to ones with eyes of a “high stage of perfection”, such as our own. 11 weirdest, bizarre ...

But despite its variety of habitats, San Marino is one of the least biodiverse countries. This is largely because of its small size, its landlocked borders (marine and intertidal habitats tend to ...