A major event in vertebrate evolution was the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life, made possible by the emergence of ...

At the same time, the large number of fossils studied indicates a greater diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in the Triassic than previously thought. "We have correlated all the fossil finds ...

And from those first lumbering steps, it appears, came the whole parade of terrestrial vertebrates: amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals, including those that later returned to the oceans.

Researchers have discovered a new plant species in Jiangxi province, expanding scientific knowledge of the plant kingdom and ...

The epic voyage measures more than 8,000 km (5,000 miles) or one-fifth of the world’s circumference and is the longest in the “history of terrestrial vertebrates,” the peer-reviewed study said.

Their epic journey to what is now Fiji marks the longest known transoceanic expansion of any terrestrial vertebrate species, according to the study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the ...