In combination with an elongated snout, they would also have found it difficult to scoop and filter sediment directly from the bottom of the sea. However, these plates would have allowed it to ...

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The salmon, which went extinct around five million years ago, is thought to have reached immense sizes of almost 9 feet in ...

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But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are filter feeders that clean water as they eat; and they clump into reefs that create habitat for other critters and ...

Lou Siegel, one of the founders and Nassau County Director of the New York State Marine Education Association (NYSMEA), ...

Oncorhynchus rastrosus also sported a formidable pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of their mouths like ...

The bivalve’s shell is “nearly rectangular,” making it unique among other deep-sea bivalve species. Zhibin Gan and Dong Dong ...

There will be at least three exempt inshore water areas where the risk of collision is low. Like many whales, right whales ...

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