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"Nature" (Nature) sub-journal "Nature Ecology & Evolution" (Nature Ecology & Evolution) published online on September 4, Zhu Min's team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on the fish landing New progress in t
The Xinjiang Hami scientific expedition team led by researcher Wang Xiaolin from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, after more than ten years of continuous field scientific
Xu Xing's team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published their latest results on the evolution of sauropod dinosaurs in the British journal Nature Communications on July 24, reporting a species from the early Middle Jurassic
Turtles are familiar animals, but their evolutionary history is one of the biggest mysteries in paleontology: whether they originated independently from anapora (no other openings in the skull behind the eye holes), or whether they were related to lizards and crocodiles. Along with dinosaurs
Blood Pheasant is called Blood Pheasant in foreign language, and has 12 subspecies. Also known as Blood Chicken and Songhua Chicken, the male Blood Pheasant has red large coverts, undertail coverts, uppertail coverts, feet, head sides, and wax membrane, so it is called Blood Pheasant. It has many al
The Black Grouse is divided into 7 subspecies according to feather color and body shape. There are 3 subspecies in China, namely Xinjiang subspecies, northern subspecies and northeastern subspecies. There are differences in the body feathers of these 3 subspecies. The difference in the body feathers
Red-breasted mergansers are medium-sized fish-eating ducks with long, thin, hooked beaks that prey on fish. The silky crest feathers are long and pointed. The breeding season of Red-breasted mergansers is from May to July. They usually form pairs during migration in late winter and spring, and some
The cave bear Ursus spelaeus (and its ancestor Ursus deningeri) is an iconic fossil species in Europe during the Quaternary Period and one of the earliest fossil species recognized by humans. The giant bears once roamed Europe and were known to live in caves. In the evolutionary history of more than
The foreign name of the spotted-tailed hazel pheasant is Chinese Grouse, which is divided into two subspecies, namely the nominative subspecies (T.s.sewerzowi) and the Sichuan subspecies (T.s.secunda). The difference between the two is that the Sichuan subspecies has a thicker chestnut head and blac
Sperm Whale, with no subspecies, has the largest brain in the animal kingdom.Sperm whales like to live in groups, often with a few male whales and a large group of female whales and calves forming a large group of more than dozens, or even two or three hundred. They migrate north and south every yea
Killer Whale is the largest species in the dolphin family, and there is no subspecies.Killer whales are highly social and have a complex social structure. They like to live in groups, ranging from small groups of 2-3 to large groups of 40-50. There are even reports of hundreds of individuals in a gr
Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin, with no subspecies, is a deep-water species in the ocean.Differences between similar species: The short-beaked spinner dolphin is thicker than the long-beaked (spinner) dolphin (Stenella longirostris), and its dorsal fin is less triangular; in addition, as its name sug
Striped dolphin, with no subspecies, is a common dolphin in the Pacific Ocean.Striped dolphin has the habit of living in the ocean. They often move in groups of dozens to hundreds, and there are also large groups of thousands of them; in the Western Pacific, the groups can be divided into: juvenile
Omura's whale is a medium-sized whale that looks very similar to a fin whale, but is much smaller than a fin whale.Omura's whale was not confirmed and named until 2003. Because the type specimen was stranded on Tsukushima Island in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, it is commonl
Bryde's whale, also known as Bryde's whale in English, has no subspecies and is the only baleen whale that lives in tropical or subtropical areas all year round.Bryde's whale is very similar to Sei whale, the main difference is that Sei whale has a ridge on each side of the central ridge
The North Pacific right whale has no subspecies.For a long time, cetaceans believed that right whales in the northern and southern hemispheres were two species: the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). Rice (1998) advocated that the genus Eub
There are more than 30 species of salmon with commercial value. The most common ones are 2 types of trout (salmon trout and golden trout) and 4 types of salmon (Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Arctic white char, and silver salmon).Salmon is a cold-water fish. Originally inhabiting the northern Paci
Tuna (formerly translated as Asian winter fish in Portuguese in Macau) swims fast, with an instantaneous speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour and an average speed of about 60-80 kilometers per hour. The flesh of tuna is red, which is due to the large amount of myoglobin contained in the muscles of