The "grotesque" baobab tree has long been known as the "tree of life" for its ability to create ... different flowers that attract various other animals. "We were delighted to be involved in ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

On the established tree of animal evolution, comb jellies branch off after the cnidarians, other jelly-filled creatures like sea anemones and jellyfish. Like vertebrates, cnidarians exhibit bilateral ...