Scientists land a big fish: How did sea life evolve into land animals? A new fossil find may hold the answerJim Ritter
How did genes related to walking first evolve? The little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) is a cartilaginous fish related to rays and sharks (as opposed to bony fish, including sarcopterygians). It is another fish that “walks” underwater on fins like legs, mimicking the movements of land-based...
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The ancestors of whales lived on land -- there is evidence of the evolution of the whale from life on land to life in the sea (read How Whales Work for details), but how and why did this happen? The "why" is commonly attributed to the abundance of food in the sea. Basically, whal...
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One of the biggest questions in evolution is when and how major groups of animals first evolved. The rise oftetrapods(all limbedvertebrates) from their fish relatives marks one of the most important evolutionary events in the history of life. This “fish-to-tetrapod” transition took...
To the animals themselves, these migrations are crucial to the survival of their species. In this article, we'll learn about the biggest, longest and most amazing animal migrations in the world, and we'll figure out why and how animals make such astonishing journeys. Migration is the large-...
Did bear species ever migrate between continents? Yes, bear species did migrate between continents. For instance, it’s believed that ancestors of the American black bear migrated to North America from Asia via theBering land bridgeduring the Ice Ages. ...
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