Scientists from UC Berkeley, Japan, Texas, and other California universities diagrammed a new Tree of Life which reveals there are more bacteria than animals and plants.

Evolutionary biologists have re-written the animal tree of life. A new study uses new genomics tools to answer old questions about animal evolution -- and offers up a few surprises among the branches.

Take a look at this beautiful interactive tree of life diagram created by Evogeneao, which enables you to see how all organisms on earth are related, from humans all the way to ancient bacteria.

A new study mapping the evolutionary history of animals indicates that Earth's first animal ... (See diagram. Shaking Up the Tree of Life.

New and comprehensive molecular research confirms a deep evolutionary division among animals. This new tree of life divides all so-called "lower" metazoans (Placozoa, corals, sponges, and ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have revised Charles Darwin's original 'Tree of Life' diagram, revealing more complex biodiversity on Earth.

The genetic tree of life is divided into three domains: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotes. Bacteria and Archaea, while genetically distinct, are both Prokaryotes, single-celled organisms lacking a ...

A tree of life diagram showing the changing number of genes of different animal groups. Downward pointing orange triangles indicate gene losses. Upwards pointing green triangles indicate gene gains.