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Imagine a world where the boundaries between “fish” and “not-fish” blur, where the ancestors of birds and mammals once swam ...
who referred to a 2004 global assessment that found amphibians were the most threatened class of vertebrates. Globally, 37 amphibian extinctions have been documented – 23 occurred before 1980 ...
With the help of other scientists, Wu mapped areas of the planet where the group of water-sensitive vertebrates known as anuran amphibians — frogs, toads and tree frogs — will face drier and ...
According to MassWildlife, amphibians are signaled by the spring rain that it is time to emerge from their winter retreat and ...
A recent global review found that more than 20% of reptile species were in decline and at risk of extinction. This is similar ...
Using environmental DNA analysis and traditional fishing techniques, researchers are seeking answers about the current ...
Kingfishers have captured the fancy of people for centuries. In Greek mythology, the gods caused a man to drown, leaving his lover, a woman named Halcyon, to grieve and wish to join him. One of the ...
Paleontologists are uncovering a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near ...
This Earth Day, we’re celebrating stories from the past year of UC research that illustrate the resilience of life on our ...
A Persian yellow deer was born in Kharkheh National Park, Khuzestan province. It was the first yellow deer born in the current Iranian year, which started on March 20.