Many of New Zealand’s common animals can be found in the waters surrounding the country. These include thefur seal, Hector’s dolphin, Maui dolphin, and Hooker’ssea lion.Little blue penguinsandyellow-eyed penguinscan be found in the Otago Peninsula area. In the Bay of Islands, cruises al...
a novel bacterial genus-level species was discovered in the Danxia Mountain region. This remarkable discovery has been officially named the " Yellow Danxia Rod Bacterium", marking the 41st new species to be found and
The animals for the designs of the nutcrackers were selected by children during a visit with Downtown Boston Alliance President Michael J. Nichols at a local Boston day care center. Some of the animals they suggested using for that statues include an elephant, a bear, an eagle, a duck (sp...
Historically, as with plants and animals, fungi were first categorised by Linnaeus, based on morphological similarities (i.e. phenotype), – the morphological species concept. In the mid-1800s, Elias Fries laid the foundations for fungal classification based on reproductive morphological features, ...
A new fossil site near Gilboa, New York, is one of only three where fossils of terrestrial arthropods of Devonian age have been found. The new Gilboan fauna is younger than the other two but richer in taxa. Fragmentary remains and nearly whole specimens assigned to Eurypterida, Arachnida (...
In 2023, 2 novel pharmaceutical agents for small animals were released on the German market: the structural but non-functional analog of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid pregabalin with an anxiolytic active component and the dopamine agonist ropinirole in form of eye drops to ...
New Zealand Facts | Animals New Zealand is home to many animal species. Some marine animals and bats live only live in this country. Almost half of all whale and dolphin species are found in New Zealand. Whales such as sperm whales, killer whales and humpback whales as well as dolphins li...
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Animals in 2023) Download keyboard_arrow_down Versions Notes The management of animals on our planet is being scrutinised as never before. We face unprecedented loss of our animal species, from which it will take millions of years to recover, ...
Chinese New Year 2023 animal sign is the Black Rabbit. Chinese calendar combines solar, lunar and 60 Stem-Branch counting systems. The 60 Stem-Branch calendar uses the names of Yin Yang Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth) and 12 animals to rank the sequences. Five elements...
Sexual size dimorphism has motivated a large body of research on mammalian mating strategies and sexual selection. Despite some contrary evidence, the narrative that larger males are the norm in mammals—upheld since Darwin’s Descent of Man—still domin