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Department of Resource Management & Protection | Vancouver Island University
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Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
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Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
A new study proves for the first time that the ‘two-thirds scaling law’ applies to large animals as well as small ones, offering key lessons for conversation.
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June 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Earliest short-tailed bird from the Late Jurassic of China - Nature
Two recently discovered bird fossils from the Late Jurassic Zhenghe Fauna demonstrate that highly derived bird-like features and the origin of birds appeared much earlier in the Jurassic period than p...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Evolution & Development - craniofacial adaptations for oophagy in embryonic lamniform #sharks - retained in adults, drives gigantism in filter-feeders like whale & basking sharks 🦈 Testing heterochrony hypothesis 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Heterochrony and Oophagy Underlie the Evolution of Giant Filter‐Feeding Lamniform Sharks
Retention of juvenile craniofacial characteristics by paedomorphosis (heterochrony) may have facilitated the evolution of gigantism in filter-feeding lamniform sharks, by increasing the efficiency of....
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February 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Colour variants of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) captured off the west coast of Vancouver Island
January 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM