Fish and Amphibians

deep sea fish :: Article Creator These Fish Have Legs, But Researchers Say They're Not Just For Walking Sea robin (Prionotus carolinus). (Credit: Anik Grearson) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Something fishy is happening in the deep blue sea. In a recent study, scientists documented how a particular fish species known as sea robins evolved to have legs. Sea robins can easily be called the oddballs of the ocean. Most fish have fins and gills, but these creatures took it a step further and evolved brand-new organs. The six leg-like appendages are extensions of the fish's pectoral fins, making them a popular creature amongst other fishes. Their legs make it so easy for sea robins to find and uncover buried prey that other fish hang around them and swipe their food supply.  "Sea robins are an example of a species with a very unusual, very novel trait," says Corey Allard, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and study co-auth

quoll :: Article Creator Eastern Quoll Reintroduced To Mainland Australia The eastern quolls have been fitted with GPS tracking devices A species of marsupial, the eastern quoll, has returned to the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in about half a century. The native animals were once found along Australia's east coast until they were devastated by foxes. About 20 eastern quolls from Tasmania were released into a national park in New South Wales (NSW) on Tuesday. Wildlife authorities said the animals would be closely monitored, but stand "every chance of success" in the wild. "This is the first time in Australia that a carnivore extinct on the mainland has been reintroduced to the wild," said WWF Australia spokesman Darren Grover. The spotted species, about the size of a cat, survived in Tasmania and in captivity after they largely disappeared from NSW in the 1960s. In

ocellated skink :: Article Creator Cedar Key Mole Skink Proposed For Endangered Species Act Protection For Immediate Release, August 7, 2024 Contact: Ragan Whitlock, (727) 426-3653, rwhitlock@biologicaldiversity.Org Cedar Key Mole Skink Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection Rare Florida Lizard Threatened by Habitat Destruction, Sea Level Rise ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to reconsider protections for the Cedar Key mole skink, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the skink as endangered under Endangered Species Act. The Service has also proposed to protect nearly 3,000 acres of life-saving critical habitat for the skink on its Florida islands. The Service found that Cedar Key mole skink is endangered due to threats associated with climate change, specifically sea level rise, increased high-tide flooding and more intense storms. &q

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wire haired dachshund :: Article Creator I'm A Dog Walker And Here's Five Breeds I Would Never, EVER Own – Including The Popular Pooch That Barks 24/7 A DOG walker has revealed the five breeds she would never, ever own. So if you're thinking of getting a dog and aren't sure which pooch is right for you, then you'll need to take notes.  5 A dog walker has revealed the five breeds that she wouldn't own, including a popular pooch that constantly barksCredit: tiktok/@fourpaws.Outdoors 5 Kristina Evans claimed that Dachshunds and Cavapoos are not for herCredit: Alamy 5 She also shared why she wouldn't a Bully breed, and stressed that it's nothing to do with the banCredit: Alamy 5 According to this animal expert, whilst people think Beagles are "chill dogs", she claimed "they're really not"Credit: Getty Kristina Evans, a dog walker and dog wedding chaperone from Nort

fully aquatic newts :: Article Creator Crater Lake Newt Advances Toward Endangered Species Protections For Immediate Release, October 10, 2024 Contact: Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, (971) 717-6425, cstewartfusek@biologicaldiversity.Org Crater Lake Newt Advances Toward Endangered Species Protections Oregon Amphibian Imperiled by Crayfish, Climate Change PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a legal petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that the Crater Lake newt (also known as the Mazama newt) may qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The newts live only in Oregon's Crater Lake and their populations have crashed in recent years due to the expansion of introduced signal crayfish and warming lake temperatures from climate change. "Without endangered species protections this cute little newt will soon blink out of existence," said Chelse