fauna
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The county, local agencies, utilities and property owners are in a constant battle with the flora and fauna just beyond fencelines and backyards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
There has been concern that the deadly disease could add to the extinction risks faced by Australian fauna, many of which are unique to the vast continent.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
A tiny parasitic wasp - the Attenboroughnculus tau - was also named in his honour, although it is far from his first fauna namesake.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
"Describing the species encountered during these studies is a critical step in documenting the rich biodiversity of the CCZ, enabling us to communicate effectively about the fauna."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
None but a few extremely remote islands escaped man’s notice until the modern age, and these islands kept their fauna intact.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
The winding evolutionary paths that these feathered faunae took to become so diverse, however, remains a mystery.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 4, 2024
This would be the more important as, with the exception of Brazil, hardly anything is known of the shore faunae upon the greater part of the South American coast.
From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Agassiz, Louis
These include some of the oldest dinosaurs like Nyasasaurus parringtoni from Tanzania and Mbiresaurus raathi from Zimbabwe, as well as rich dinosaur faunas from South Africa, Tanzania, Niger, and Morocco.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
"This is one of the most diverse marine faunas seen anywhere, at any time in history, and it existed just before the marine reptiles and the dinosaurs went extinct," Dr Longrich said.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
When thinking of Cretaceous animal faunas, we tend to imagine the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs and other big beasts.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2017
“Definitely there was a change in population leading up to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, so something was happening to the faunas prior to the impact,” he said.
From US News ● Feb. 24, 2011
Of the three sierran faunas, those of the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra de Tamaulipas have most in common.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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