While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...
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The first vertebrates to reach the moon were Soviet tortoises, Zond 5, the 1968 lunar flyby, and the secret biology mission
In September 1968, the Soviet Union’s Zond 5 mission looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth with two tortoises and a hidden biological payload, a quiet first in the lunar race. What came ...
The Greenland shark is believed to be the longest living vertebrate on Earth. This explanation breaks down how researchers ...
Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...
When temperatures drop, some water turtles — including painted turtles and common snapping turtles — search out the soft ...
A team of scientists has uncovered a new species of worm-like caecilian from the northern Western Ghats. The new species, ...
The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...
Time was when only five species of vertebrates were known to use tools. There was man, of course. Chimpanzees used rocks to break open hard-shelled food, sticks to feed on termites and ants, and ...
From chasing geckos as a young boy in Kandy to studying crocodiles in Australia and much more, behavioural ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Ruchira ‘Ru’ Somaweera has always been ...
This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 edition of the. The battle continues for Native Americans who ...
Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...
On Jan. 13, while many of Idaho’s anglers were breaking out the tape measure to check ice thicknesses and temperature gauges, ...
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