Interesting story in the Smithsonian Travel back millions of years in your time machine and you’d find some of these species thriving and looking much as they do today: The top 10 Crocodylians Velvet worm Cow sharks Horsetails Lice Brachiopods … Continue reading →
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has reported the first case of white-nose syndrome in a Fringed Myotis bat. This finding brings the total number of bat species confirmed with the disease in North America to 13. OLYMPIA – … Continue reading →
Canadian Geographic: Nearly half of the wildlife species assessed at the most recent meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are small and obscure, with limited ranges. Here’s why they matter. A pair of snails … Continue reading →
The new paper presents the earliest known evidence of insects feeding on feathers, and the authors suggest that this type of parasite evolved during or before the middle of the Cretaceous period, which occurred 145–66 million years ago. Ancient lice … Continue reading →