The field of paleobiology and the study of ecological diversity have some new data and it's proving to be quite different from what most theories of animal evolution have previously posited.

Why major in animal biosciences? Animal bioscientists are needed to answer questions related to how animals and animal systems function. They are interested in solving problems related to producing ...

Why major in animal science? Be part of solving one of humanity’s most critical grand challenges – the global demand for food and fiber. With the population expected to grow by 2.3 billion by 2050, ...

Crocodilians have nerves on their faces that are so sensitive, they can detect a change in a pond when a single drop hits the water surface several feet away. Alligators and crocodiles use these ...

Researchers from the group of Jeroen Bakkers have described a thorough way to study the function of genes in model animals such as the zebrafish. In their study, published in Nature on September 23rd, ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - How animals function in their natural habitat and how evolution has shaped this function are the focus of a new book written by biologists at the University of California, ...

Deep within tropical forests, sloths move at a pace that seems almost frozen in time. Their slow movements, low energy use, and quiet lives have long puzzled scientists. Now, researchers have taken a ...

The finding refutes a hypothesis by the famed evolutionary biologist Stephen J. Gould that marine creatures underwent an 'early burst' of functional diversity during the dawn of animal life. Like a ...

A new study has measured the nerves responsible for the super-sensitive skin on a crocodile's face, which will help biologists understand how today's animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that ...

Like a master painter who uses the same brush techniques to continually create original works of art, evolution has produced unique species to fill new or vacated ecological functions by tinkering ...