Vertebrate biodiversity losses point to sixth mass extiction The human race faces many global to local challenges in the near future Among these are massive biodiversity losses The 2012 IUCN SSC Red List reported evaluations of *56 % of all vertebrates
Home | B10K Database - genomics The Bird 10,000 Genomes Project is now well underway on Phase 2: sequencing genomes from approximately 300 bird families and subfamilies Progress towards the ultimate goal of sequencing every avian family, genus, and eventually, species, is tracked here
Largest and heaviest animals - Wikipedia Size of Paraceratherium (dark grey) compared to a human and other rhinos (though one study suggests Palaeoloxodon namadicus may have been a larger land mammal) The blue whale is the largest mammal of all time, with the longest known specimen being 33 m (108 3 ft) long and the heaviest weighted specimen being 190 tonnes
Bird families and their orders | BTO - British Trust for . . . This page lists all of the bird Orders found in the world, together with an indication of the number of species occurring in each, and the number of species which have occurred in Britain Recently there have been large changes to the order in which birds are listed to better reflect their evolutionary history based on new evidence from DNA studies
The Origin of Vertebrates - Answers in Genesis The origin of birds has always been a major problem for Darwinism, and even today little agreement exists about their evolution One of the most difficult issues related to bird evolution is the evolution of feathers Feathers are complex, designed structures required for flight, and are today found only on birds