fauna
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Furthermore, the discovery reinforces Rio Grande do Sul’s status as one of the world’s most important regions for the study of Triassic fauna.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
It is believed to be home to more than 100 plant species and rich invertebrate fauna, and is recognised as one of the most important chalk river habitats in England.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Excursions are led by Orvis-endorsed guide Scott Penn, who covers the history, flora and fauna of the region along the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
The untamed flora and fauna of the North American continent, the minerals and other splendors of the world beneath their feet.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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 Louis Agassiz
"These repeated incursions into freshwater at the early divergence stage likely accelerated speciation, and are key factors in explaining the extraordinary hyper-diversity of otophysans in modern freshwater faunas."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025
"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
Taxonomic resemblance between the faunas from the Sierra San Carlos and the Sierra de Tamaulipas amounts to only 16.1 per cent.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Ticul Alvarez
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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