Search Results | vertebrate
Your search for "vertebrate" returned 142 results
Duck-Billed Platypus
animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/duckplatypus.htm
How much do you know about the duck-billed platypus? Learn about the duck-billed platypus at HowStuffWorks.
How to Care for a Salamander
animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/how-to-care-for-salamander.htm
Do you know how to care for a salamander? Find out how to care for a salamander in this article from HowStuffWorks.
How to Set up a Tank for Amphibians
animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/how-to-set-up-a-tank-for-amphibians.htm
If you'd like to keep an amphibian as a pet, you'll have to learn how to set up a tank for amphibians. Learn how to set up a tank for amphibians in this article.
Triceratops: Facts About the Life and Times of a Three-horned Dinosaur
animals.howstuffworks.com/dinosaurs/triceratops.htm
Triceratops - which literally means "three-horned face" - is one of the most spectacular and well-known of all dinosaurs. It shared the Cretaceous landscape with, and probably was preyed upon by, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Think Dimetrodon Was a Dinosaur? Think Again
animals.howstuffworks.com/extinct-animals/dimetrodon.htm
Dimetrodon may look for all the world like a dinosaur, but in reality, was a member of the same clade, or group of animals, that gave rise to mammals.
Who Knew a Praying Mantis Could Learn?
animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/who-knew-praying-mantis-could-learn.htm
Is the praying mantis capable of complex learning? HowStuffWorks looks at new evidence.
10 Superhero Powers of the Animal Kingdom
animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/10-animal-superpowers.htm
The animal kingdom is full of superheroes and superpowers. Read about 10 of the coolest superhero powers in the animal kingdom at HowStuffWorks.
In the Absence of Mates, Zebra Shark Just Births Her Own Clones
animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/sharks/zebra-shark-virgin-birth-parthenogenesis.htm
Can a shark reproduce asexually? Learn more about a zebra shark 'virgin birth' in this HowStuffWorks Now article.
How Atavisms Work
science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/atavism.htm
Atavisms are traits that are left over from a distant evolutionary ancestor. Learn more about atavisms and the controversy surrounding atavism.
10 Physical Human Traits That Evolution Has Made Obsolete
In Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species, he referred to a number of "vestiges" in human anatomy that he posited are remnants left over from the course of our species' development over time. Darwin suggested that these vestigial organs are evidence of evolution and represent functions that were once necessary for our survival, but [...] The post 10 Physical Human Traits That Evolution Has Made Obsolete appeared first on Goliath.