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Their analysis shows that over the past five centuries, extinctions among plants, arthropods, and land vertebrates actually reached their highest point about a century ago and have been declining since.

Researchers have now used retrons for the first time to correct a disease-related mutation in vertebrates, offering fresh hope for the development of new gene therapies for human disorders.

Dr Wills gave another example of birds and bats, which both developed wings because they face similar environments, despite being different species in "different major branches of the vertebrate tree".

When it comes to teeth, most vertebrates share the same basic blueprint.

The deepest marine vertebrate life filmed before this expedition was at 8,336m - a snailfish that was filmed swimming in a deep ocean trench off the coast of Japan in 2023.