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Ice Age ‘skeleton crew’ offers insights for today’s endangered species
The ghosts of Ice Age mammals can teach valuable, real-world lessons about what happens to an ecosystem when its most distinct species go extinct, according to a new study. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Endangered Cuban solenodon evolved after the extinction of dinosaurs
The Caribbean islands form a natural laboratory for the study of evolution due to their unique biological and geological features. There has been heated discussion since the early 20th century on how species appeared on the islands. The Cuban solenodon … Continue reading
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Endangered Cuban solenodon evolved after the extinction of dinosaurs
The Caribbean islands form a natural laboratory for the study of evolution due to their unique biological and geological features. There has been heated discussion since the early 20th century on how species appeared on the islands. The Cuban solenodon … Continue reading
Endangered venomous mammal predates dinosaurs’ extinction, study confirms
The University of Illinois and University of Puerto Rico have completely sequenced the mitochondrial genome for the Hispaniolan solenodon, filling in the last major branch of placental mammals on the tree of life. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology … Continue reading
Endangered venomous mammal predates dinosaurs’ extinction, study confirms
Biologists have completely sequenced the mitochondrial genome for the Hispaniolan solenodon, filling in the last major branch of placental mammals on the tree of life. The study confirmed that the venomous mammal diverged from all other living mammals 78 million … Continue reading
Scientists, list endangered ecosystems
(ANSA) – SYDNEY, May 9 – Australian scientists fill, in collaboration with the International Union for the conservation of nature (IUCN), a ‘red list’, which identifies the ecosystems on the verge of collapse. The new method gives a ranking of … Continue reading