The Notothenioid is a fish that can live in the freezing -2 degrees Celsius water in the Antarctic. Scientists found it had evolved a special anti-freeze protein. One subgroup of the Notothenioids had even lost its oxygen-binding hemoglobin and is the only known vertebrate that does not have red blood cells.
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The Danakil desert in northeastern Ethiopia is one of the world’s harshest deserts. In the summer months, the temperature can reach 60 degrees Celsius (140
A female American crocodile laid fertilized eggs in a Costa Rica zoo, after being in isolation for 16 years. Facultative Parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, is
After 15 years of negotiation, the high seas treaty to protect the world’s oceans was finally secured by over 100 countries. The treaty aims to
