Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...
Quarter of a million host-parasite records, detailing helminth parasites their associated host species and locality, extracted from 28,000 references. In 1922 Dr H.A. Baylis, then head of what today ...
Late Eocene to Recent; very widespread in tropical to temperate regions. One of the commonest fossil echinoids in the Tertiary. Many nominal species have been described, but only two others have the ...
Can you find Dippy's nostrils? What feature does Diplodocus share with humans but few other dinosaurs? Rotate, zoom in and explore the features of this popular dinosaur.
The invasive harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) form large clusters in autumn. Why do the insects gather around windows? And should you be concerned about the sexually transmitted disease (STD) ...
This is one of the best known of all Cretaceous echinoids and has formed the basis for classic microevolutionary studies. Stokes (1975), Ernst (1970, 1972), Maczynska (1968) and Fouray (1981) deal in ...