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There may be twice as many vertebrate species on Earth as thought, thanks to hidden cryptic species

We’re only in the early stages of 2026, and one massive change from last year may have already occurred: there may actually ...

Whoops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated the Number of Species on Earth

Recent advances have increased the number of bacteria, protists, fungi, and insects are known to science, making it difficult ...

Hiding in plain sight: Discovery of cryptic species could double the number of vertebrates

There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That's ...
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One of The Earliest-Known Vertebrates Navigated the Cambrian Dark Forest with Four Eyes

Learn how a second pair of eyes helped this 518-million-year-old fish evade predators.
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Vertebrate coprolites / edited by Adrian P. Hunt, Jesper Milan, Spencer G. Lucas and Justin A. Spielmann

Dedication to William Buckland / Christopher J. Duffin -- Introduction. Vertebrate coprolite studies : status and prospectus / Adrian P. Hunt ... [et al.] -- History of study. The earliest published ...