There are millions of different types of living things on Earth. In order to keep track of them all, scientists put living things into groups based on characteristics that they have that are the same.

Humans have a ''disproportionately huge effect'' on the other species of vertebrates that share Earth's surface with us, causing more than 25 percent of the deaths among an array of species all over ...

Sir David Attenborough at the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fossil of Juramaia, as featured in the Smithsonian Channel series Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates. Famed British ...

Blue whales are the biggest animals on Earth, but have you wondered which is the smallest? Scientists have recently described one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates: an adorable miniature toad species ...

David Attenborough embarks on an epic 500-million-year journey to unravel the incredible rise of the vertebrates. He presents explosive new fossil evidence from a region he’s long dreamt of exploring ...

Famed British broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough has been lending his calming voice to nature documentaries ever since TV was in black and white. And the 89-year-old is still at it. His ...

David Attenborough continues his journey in China to chart the rise of the animals that dominate our world today – the vertebrates. In this episode, he reveals the fascinating story of the mammals, ...