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• New Species
  Fish
  Birds
  Wild Animals
  Fisheries
  Zoology
   
  

  Cormorant

  The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by 38 species of cormorants and shags. Cormorants and shags are medium-to-large seabirds. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet ... > more
• Birds
  New Species
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Short-tailed Albatross

  The Short-tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Nature
  Ecology Research
  Zoology
   
  

  Decline in amphibian populations

  Dramatic declines in amphibian populations, including population crashes and mass localized extinction, have been noted since the 1980s from locations all over the world, and amphibian declines are ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Trees
  Botany
  New Species
  Invasive Species
  Nature
   
  

  Tree frog

  Tree frogs are frogs of the family Hylidae. There is large variation within the tree frogs. Many of the arboreal frogs are green in colour, whereas the terrestrial and aquatic species are duller. ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Nature
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
   
  

  Parallel evolution

  Parallel evolution is the independent evolution of similar traits, starting from a similar ancestral condition. Frequently this is the situation in more closely related lineages, where several ... > more
• Early Birds
  Birds
  New Species
  Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Nature
   
  

  Archaeopteryx

  Archaeopteryx lithographica is the earliest and most primitive known bird. In the 1990s, the discovery of a number of well-preserved feathered dinosaurs solidified the link between dinosaurs and ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  New Species
  Fossils
  Extinction
  Paleontology
  Early Mammals
   
  

  Brachiosaurus

  The Brachiosaurus is a famous dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period. One of the largest ever dinosaurs to walk the earth, it has become a famous animal synonymous with dinosaurs, and is ... > more
• Extinction
  Dinosaurs
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Fossils
   
  

  Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event

  The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event was a period of massive extinction of species, about 65.5 million years ago. It corresponds to the end of the Cretaceous Period and the beginning of the ... > more
• Ecology Research
  Nature
  New Species
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Biology
   

  Competitive exclusion principle

  The competitive exclusion principle, sometimes referred to as Gause's Law of competitive exclusion or just Gause's Law, states that two species that compete for the exact same resources cannot stably ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  New Species
  Fish
  Geography
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Channidae

  The snakehead is a family with two genera (Asia: Channa, Africa: Parachanna) which consists of 30 scientific valid species of freshwater fish. The predatory fish is distinguished by a long dorsal ... > more

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