Sentences with phrase «land mammals found»

Not exact matches

For example, scientists predicted that if whales evolved from land mammals, they should find intermediate fossils that show whales with feet.

Additionally, if similar body types, e.g. density, were the primary factor then why don't we find any dolphins with sharks prior to the appearance of mammals, or mice with lizards, or birds with fish prior to land animals, or even fruits with plants prior to land animals as the Bible would have us believe?

But a new study has found that the world's fastest land mammal has another, less obvious adaptation hidden away in its inner ear.

Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Alaska Ecosystems Program announced findings this week that may explain what the marine mammals are looking for when they swim hundreds of kilometers from land in search of food.

«World's greatest concentration of unique mammal species is on Philippine island: Fifteen - year study reveals that 93 % of Luzon Island's land mammals are found nowhere else.»

Forcing vessels to land fish which are currently discarded leads to adverse effects on seabirds and marine mammals — and on seabed animals — but without any improvements in fish stocks, the study found.

The biodiversity of the tundras is low: 1,700 species of flora and only 48 land mammals can be found, although thousands of insects and birds migrate there each year for the marshes.

So finding that there actually was a different bat — a second native land mammal for the islands — living there for such a long period of time was quite a surprise.»

This find was particularly surprising because Africa is a larger continent and typically, larger land masses house and support larger mammals.

In fact, until this find, the oldest monkeys in Central America were presumed to be less than 5 million years old, when many mammals stampeded over a land bridge between the continents.

Berenbrink and Campbell systematically analyzed the genes and available information for all mammalian myoglobins, including those from deep - diving species, and found that the myoglobins from aquatic mammals had large positive surface charges compared with those from land animals.

Scientists examining the disappearance of large prehistoric mammals have found evidence that humans and their ancestors drove a sharp reduction in the size of land mammals as hunting skills and weaponry advanced.

A distressed sea lion found near Hooper Beach on Monday is in good hands after it was rescued by officials from the Marine Mammal Center in Moss Landing.

An incredible 80 % of land birds and 97 % of reptiles and land mammals on the Galapagos are found nowhere else on Earth.

The Thungyai - Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries, which run along the Myanmar border, contain examples of nearly all forest types found in continental Southeast Asia and 77 percent of the large mammals, 50 percent of the large birds, and 33 percent of the land vertebrates in the region, according to UNESCO.