Search results
5 days ago · Belugas were among the first whale species to be kept in captivity. The first beluga was shown at Barnum's Museum in New York City in 1861. For most of the 20th century, Canada was the predominant source for belugas destined for exhibition. Throughout the early 1960s, belugas were taken from the St. Lawrence River estuary. In 1967, the ...
May 27, 2024 · Here are some examples of the size ranges for some well-known theropod species: Velociraptor: 6-9 feet long, 2-3 feet tall, weighing up to 50-100 pounds. Utahraptor: 20-25 feet long, 6-8 feet tall, weighing up to 1 ton. Allosaurus: 30-40 feet long, 12-15 feet tall, weighing up to 2-3 tons. Tyrannosaurus rex: 40-50 feet long, 15-20 feet tall ...
3 days ago · This may have set the scene for the appearance of the flowering plants in the Triassic (~ 200 million years ago ), and their later diversification in the Cretaceous and Paleogene. The latest major group of plants to evolve were the grasses, which became important in the mid-Paleogene, from around 40 million years ago.
3 days ago · The director of the International Marine Mammal Project for the Earth Island Institute, David Phillips, led the efforts to return Keiko to the Iceland waters. Keiko however did not adapt to the harsh climate of the Arctic Ocean , and died a year into his release after contracting pneumonia , at the age of 27. [204]
3 days ago · Balaenoptera sibbaldii Sars , 1875. The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 tonnes (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known ever to have existed. [3] [a] The blue whale's long and slender body can be of ...
3 days ago · Mammal. A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') [1] is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia ( / məˈmeɪli.ə / ). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk -producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle ear bones.
1 day ago · The cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. It reaches 67–94 cm (26–37 in) at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length ...
