A tiny frog endemic to the state of Bahia on Brazil’s Atlantic coast may have just earned the title of the smallest vertebrate in the world. The Brazilian flea toad, or Brachycephalus pulex ...

I did a little research and found that I might find a lot of insects, but I wasn’t likely to see any of the world’s smallest vertebrates. The subject was interesting, though, and I thought I ...

It’s hard to picture just how small some of the world’s smallest vertebrates are, but comparing them to standard household objects sometimes helps. Here, a BIC pen dwarfs many of the smallest ...

Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of dinosaur egg fossils in east China's Jiangxi Province, with one measuring ...

When it was first found in 2011 scientists suspected it could be the world's smallest vertebrate, meaning any animal that has a backbone - and new search suggests they could be right. When the ...

There are some small critters in this world. Last week, I delved into the smallest of the small vertebrates, finding that the ...

Researchers in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, have discovered a new type of dinosaur egg fossil. It is the smallest complete ...

He doesn't even have a head. If Blob had been born with a spine, or backbone, he would have been a vertebrate. If we give Blob some legs and a head then he can start to move about. There are lots ...

Not all vertebrates are innocent victims, however. Much of the loss of these 5,495 critters is due to the proliferation of ...

Anna Butterss' Mighty Vertebrate finds the talented multi-instrumentalist’s multi-faceted approach to a multifarious genre ...

On land, we're familiar with heat waves and cold snaps. But the deep sea also experiences prolonged periods of hot and cold.