Zoology

Trilobites Had Clasper-Like Limbs Used for Mating, According to Fossil Discovery

Trilobites Had Clasper-Like Limbs Used for Mating, According to Fossil Discovery

Trilobites predominate the fossil record of early sophisticated animal life in great part because of their exoskeleton’s ease of fossilization. It is challenging to extrapolate…
For Certain Migrating Birds, Light Pollution is Getting Worse all Year

For Certain Migrating Birds, Light Pollution is Getting Worse all Year

The southeastern United States, Mexico, and Central America have the highest levels of nighttime light pollution, according to results based on year-round data collected throughout…
According to a Study, there are Hundreds of New Mammal Species Waiting to be Discovered

According to a Study, there are Hundreds of New Mammal Species Waiting to be Discovered

According to a new study, hundreds of previously unknown mammalian species are hiding in plain sight all around the planet. The majority of the concealed…
Seeing More Species at the Beach Increases Happiness: Yet another Biodiversity Benefit

Seeing More Species at the Beach Increases Happiness: Yet another Biodiversity Benefit

According to recent research by a team at Swansea University, seeing a greater variety of species on urban coastlines, from marine animals to seaweed, is…
Identifying Rare and Endangered Fish Species Sold in Hong Kong Wet Markets Using a Novel Environmental DNA Monitoring Method

Identifying Rare and Endangered Fish Species Sold in Hong Kong Wet Markets Using a Novel Environmental DNA Monitoring Method

Researchers from The University of Hong Kong’s Conservation Forensics Lab detailed a strong new technique for monitoring trading of rare and endangered fish species in…
Platypus and Echidna Specimens from 150 Years Ago Proved That Some Mammals Lay Eggs

Platypus and Echidna Specimens from 150 Years Ago Proved That Some Mammals Lay Eggs

Jars of tiny platypus and echidna specimens discovered at Cambridge’s University Museum of Zoology’s storeroom date from the late 1800s and were collected by scientist…
California Coastal Condors are at High Risk of DDT and PCB Contamination, According to Conservationists

California Coastal Condors are at High Risk of DDT and PCB Contamination, According to Conservationists

Contaminants that were outlawed decades ago are still endangering critically endangered California condors, according to a new research. Because they eat deceased marine mammals around…
A New Study Claims that the Majority of Our Evolutionary Trees are Incorrect

A New Study Claims that the Majority of Our Evolutionary Trees are Incorrect

According to new research undertaken by experts at the University of Bath’s Milner Centre for Evolution, identifying evolutionary trees of animals by comparing anatomy rather…
A Small, Rare Crayfish Formerly Thought to be Extinct has been Rediscovered in a Cave Within the Huntsville City Limits

A Small, Rare Crayfish Formerly Thought to be Extinct has been Rediscovered in a Cave Within the Huntsville City Limits

A team lead by an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has uncovered a small, uncommon crayfish that had been assumed to…
Lead Poisoning from Gun Ammunition is Reducing the Number of Birds of Prey Across Europe

Lead Poisoning from Gun Ammunition is Reducing the Number of Birds of Prey Across Europe

According to the first study to evaluate these implications across Europe, poisoning induced by feeding on or scavenging animals shot by hunters using lead ammunition…
150 Million Years Ago, a Fish-Like Marine Reptile was Discovered Buried in its Own Blubber in Southern Germany

150 Million Years Ago, a Fish-Like Marine Reptile was Discovered Buried in its Own Blubber in Southern Germany

Modern technologies are used in a new study published in PeerJ to better understand the preservation of unusual ichthyosaur fossils. In the last, a big…
Wealth Inequality in Animals Can Provide Insights into How Their Societies Have Evolved

Wealth Inequality in Animals Can Provide Insights into How Their Societies Have Evolved

Inequality of wealth is a topic that is usually left for human studies. According to new research from the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior…
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