Smithsonian Magazine3d
From Giant Tortoises to Immortal Jellyfish, These Impressive Animals Are Eight of the Longest-Living Species on Earth
Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years ...
Rare skin fossil is oldest by 130 million years
The world’s oldest known fossilized skin belonged to a species of reptile that lived before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a new study has found. The fragment of fossilized reptile skin was found ...
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It's hard to find fossil skin, but a rare discovery reveals clues about the evolution from water to land
Fossilized skin and other soft tissues are exceedingly rare, and it is only under special ... evolution and anatomies of prehistoric animals. As graduate students in the Reisz Lab of vertebrate ...
The New York Times25d
Giraffes, in Steep Decline, Now Need Protection, U.S. Officials Say
By Catrin Einhorn The tallest land animals in the world are declining so precipitously that they should be protected under the United States Endangered Species Act, federal wildlife officials said ...
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Federal Status
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 directs the USFWS to identify and protect rare plants and animals. The following categories are currently used to rank listed and candidate species. The candidate ...