The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature - in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana ...

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...

Until now, the largest-known animal genome was that of another lungfish, the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri. The South American lungfish's genome was more than twice as big.

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) has the largest known genome of the animal kingdom at 91 billion base pairs of DNA.Katherine Seghers, Louisiana State University. Scientists have ...

All the latest science news on land animals from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, and ... they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of dinosaurs until ...

Adventuring with South America's legendary pack animals. By Olivia Lewis The Taos News; Apr 11, 2025 Apr 11, 2025 Updated Apr 14, 2025; 0; Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; ...

After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's dominant land animals. But that does not mean they went unchallenged. In South America ...

Until now, the largest-known animal genome was that of another lungfish, the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri).The South American lungfish’s genome was more than twice as big.