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Recent Examples of vertebrate
The sharks’ resilience to aging could help scientists better understand longevity in vertebrates, including humans.
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Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Rewriting the Story of Ancient Cretaceous Oceans For decades, the narrative of prehistoric oceans has centered on massive vertebrates as the dominant predators.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed large vertebrate predators ruled ocean ecosystems — first fish and sharks, then marine reptiles, then whales.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
For decades, the paleontological consensus was that this was the age of vertebrates; anything without a backbone was lunch.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
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Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Rewriting the Story of Ancient Cretaceous Oceans For decades, the narrative of prehistoric oceans has centered on massive vertebrates as the dominant predators.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed large vertebrate predators ruled ocean ecosystems — first fish and sharks, then marine reptiles, then whales.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
For decades, the paleontological consensus was that this was the age of vertebrates; anything without a backbone was lunch.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebrate
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An Irvine animal trainer and his girlfriend were convicted of killing 11 dogs in their care and cremating their bodies to conceal how the pets died.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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McCoy wasn’t sure what killed the animals, but said it was likely tied to the fire in the home.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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The show's first season, centered around retirement community residents who band together to discover a dark truth of their community following the sighting of a monstrous creature, was met with positive reviews and has been among the streamer's weekly Top 10 since its premiere.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Keystone herbivore species such as the American bison, elk and mule deer live in grasslands and help to regulate the rich plant biota for other creatures to thrive, Keyser said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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The brain as a black box In the race to understand our brains, Danionella has some key advantages over other more common lab critters like rodents.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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“Vertebrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebrate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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