Animal Diversity

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This ancient bird hatchling preserved in amber provides insights into early bird evolution

Scientists have recently made an incredible discovery of a piece of amber that contained well preserved remains of an alomost complete bird hatchling....

Animal DiversityPaleontology

Brachiosaurus, the arm lizard

Longer fore legs offers Brachiosaurus a passive advantage in reaching up into the tree canopy to feed as the neck is always arched...

Animal DiversityMicro Biology

Ancoracysta twista

Ancoracysta twista does not fit with any known group of organisms but appears to belong to an early lineage of eukaryote that was...

Animal DiversityPaleontology

Fossil Marsupial lion

This marsupial lion, named Wakaleo schouteni roamed Australia's open forest habitats about 23 million years ago in Miocene epoh. Fossilized remains of the...

Animal DiversityPaleontology

Fossil Marsupial lion

This marsupial lion, named Wakaleo schouteni roamed Australia's open forest habitats about 23 million years ago in Miocene epoh. Fossilized remains of the...

Animal Diversity

Cave Beetle; Xuedytes bellus

Xuedytes bellus, a cave dwelling beetle was discovered in a cave in Guangxi Province, China. It is about 9 mm in length, with...

Animal Diversity

Aye Aye

Aye-Aye is the world's largest nocturnal primate, and is characterized by its unusual method of finding food called percussive foraging. It taps on...

Animal Diversity

Japanese Spider Crab

The Japanese spider crab has the greatest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 5.5 m from claw to claw. This crab...