The researchers focused on tetrapods — vertebrates with four legs. They investigated more than 33,000 species worldwide and identified 25 priority tetrapod EDGE Zones across 33 countries. Together, ...

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in ...

Skin-secreted adhesives, or glues, are highly effective defense adaptations that have evolved recurrently in a small number of amphibians. From an ecological standpoint, this rapidly solidifying ...

Researchers have discovered a well-preserved Devonian coelacanth fish in Western Australia, shedding light on the connection ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

Now, a new theory as to which came first has been suggested by researchers at the University of Bristol’s School of Earth ...

2024 — Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world's land mass could help protect one third of the world's threatened and unique tetrapod ...

The following list of families of Permian tetrapods is based mostly on Benton ed. 1993. The classification follows Benton 2004: Superclass Tetrapoda Class Amphibia Order Temnospondyli Family Edopidae ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more ...