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MANILA - The first thing that caught my eye was the perfect absence of order, a jumbled mess that oddly felt like home. In a quiet corner in Makati city, close to the Philippine financial district ...
While Granddad and other Australian lungfish may not be the most attractive fish -- they resemble logs with short fins -- scientists believe the 350 million year-old species is a link between fish ...
Can you please help? Ohio: Not as much as either of us would like. That’s because this isn’t just about a wonderful grandma who needs a little prompting toward fairness. The way you describe ...
Captain Bobo, a South American lungfish, has found a new home at the New England Aquarium. He’s has actually been at the aquarium for years. But aside from a brief stint on display back in 2018, he’s ...
The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) has the largest known genome of the animal kingdom at 91 billion base pairs of DNA. Katherine Seghers, Louisiana State University Scientists have ...
The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature - in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana ...
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature - in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina ...
These South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) have around 30 times as much DNA as humans, according to a new paper in the journal Nature, which may give us clues as to how life transitioned ...
Scientists have sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome. Their data help to explain how the fish-ancestors of today's land vertebrates were able to conquer land.
Want to read more? Check out our stories here. Ferganoceratodus edwardsi, named after Edwards, is a new species of lungfish that lived around 210 million years ago, according to the release.
An extinct species of lungfish discovered in Zimbabwe could mark the beginnings of a sea change in our understanding of the animals. Close examination of Ferganoceratodus edwardsi suggests that many ...