How sharks survived a major spike in Earth's temperature
The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.
The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.
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Sad scenes are unfolding in Western Australia after a pod of pilot whales became stranded on a beach late on Tuesday. According to the latest reports, 51 of the whales have died. Some 46 remain beached and authorities are ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2023
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With the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, large mountains and rivers were created in Eurasia that significantly altered its geomorphology and climate. Since they are largely restricted to river systems, fishes are more likely ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2023
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Scores of disembowelled sharks have washed up on a South African beach putting the spotlight on a pair of shark-hunting killer whales whose behaviour has fascinated scientists and wildlife enthusiasts.
Ecology
Mar 4, 2023
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When you think about human evolution, there's a good chance you're imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing wooly mammoths on to cave walls. But we humans, along with bears, lizards, hummingbirds ...
Evolution
Mar 3, 2023
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Underwater cameras have revealed the impressive range of skills nurse sharks use when feeding.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2022
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On the surface, it looks like any other bay near Hobart. But beneath the calm waters live a small population of one of the rarest and most endangered fish in the world: the red handfish.
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2022
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Each year New Zealand experiences mass strandings of long-finned pilot whales along its shoreline. Exactly why these whales strand remains unclear. However, new biological insights into these phenomenal events has just been ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2022
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Rescue teams saved two stranded whales along the Atlantic coast of Argentina Tuesday, the World Marine Foundation said.
Ecology
Oct 6, 2021
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People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with the vertebrate transition from water to land. But in fact, the genetic basis of air-breathing and limb movement was already established in ...
Evolution
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