Professor James Rosindell, Professor of Biodiversity Theory in Imperial's Department of Life Sciences, and lead author of the ...

lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table ... soils but also support diverse communities of animals that utilize wetlands for part or all of their lives ...

Mammals are among the most adaptable animals on the planet ... form of locomotion. Terrestrial species walk, run, jump, climb, hop, swing, dig, and burrow. Aquatic ones swim, shuffle, and dive.

Neither water nor land were safe for Hesperornis: Dinosaurs were terrestrial threats, and the aquatic mosasaur giant Tylosaurus was known to consider Hesperornis a tasty meal. On the water ...

Its neck vertebrae are shorter, giving it a less flexible, more stable neck -- an adaptation for swimming also seen in other aquatic animals such as sea cows, and in an extreme form in modern whales.

including the many species of terrestrial plants and animals that are linked to nutrients and trophic interactions involving salmon. We hope that this will lead to more holistic management of salmon ...