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 ...

The Yolo Bird Alliance invites the public to participate in three events: A lecture on the complex relationships between ...

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 ...

FOR long we have accepted as well-established and equivalent the five classes of vertebrate animals, but recent zoological research, particularly on the palaeontological side, has modified many old ...

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Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over the supercontinent Gondwana, drying out many of the vast, shallow seas like a ...

The Ocean Science Lecture Series is a free series that provides a forum for the community to learn about the important research at the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and around the world.