Articles for tag: Herpetology, Vertebrates

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Earth’s Cambrian Period

The Cambrian Period is one of the most important in Earth’s history. It marks the point at which major groups of animals begin to appear on the fossil record. This was a time of great evolutionary progress in which there was an explosion of diversity throughout the life on planet Earth. The Cambrian Period lasted ...

Invertebrate Immune Systems Are Complex

Nearly one hundred years has past since the immune system of invertebrates was discovered. Since that time, however, the understanding of this immune system has remained quite elusive. Recently, a team of researchers from the European Science Foundation has realized that the invertebrate immune system is anything but simple, despite the critters’ small size and ...