Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of whic...

“I was making a joke and in my head I said, ‘I smell a threadsnake,'” Justin Springer, Caribbean program officer for the NGO Re:wild, recalled. “I just had a feeling, but I couldn’t be sure because we turned over a lot of rocks before that and we saw nothing.” Springer’s intuition proved correct when his […]

The creature might have been more than 3.5 metres long, with powerful jaws and serrated, flesh-cutting teeth.

Researchers say findings show need for conservation efforts to focus on nutritional diversity

Historic European accounts long described the canids as domesticated dogs. A new study suggests that’s probably not true.

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Dagher, J. and Greiner, E. (2024). Variation in white-tailed and mule deer dental metrics is associated with precipitation gradients in the Americas. Journal of Zoology, vol. 324, pp. 325-338.  The…

Microbial holozoans are the closest unicellular relatives of animals. They share a substantial gene repertoire with animals and exhibit complex life cycles. Studying these organisms is crucial for und...