Ray-finned fish, now the most diverse group of backboned animals, were not as hard hit by a mass extinction event 360 million years ago as scientists previously thought. Ray-finned fish, now the most ...
Tuna, opah, and billfishes such as marlins and swordfish are among the 0.1% of fish species that are warm-blooded. Evidence by an international team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps ...
We’re Discovering Species Faster Now Than in the ‘Golden Age’ of Exploration In A Nutshell Record-breaking pace: 2020 saw more new species formally described (17,044) than any year in history, with ...
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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. ‘Lungfish’ would have been a common sight in the Devonian ...
Venom and its associated delivery systems have evolved in numerous animal groups ranging from jellyfishes to spiders, lizards, shrews, and the male platypus. Building off new data and previously ...