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Fish species evolved different hunting strategies using distinct visual cues
Researchers have described how fish larvae rely on species-specific combinations of vision and movement to detect and capture ...
The southern hemisphere is full of birds found nowhere else on Earth. Their importance has been overlooked
The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...
Divers spot creature hidden in tentacles of a sea anemone. It’s a new species
Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes “that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones,” researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...
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A Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New Species
Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late ...
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Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds
A first-of-its-kind study traces the rise of ant- and termite-eaters, revealing how mammals returned to the evolutionary table — at least a dozen times — to hone traits for feasting on the social ...