Reference Terms
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manatee
Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully-aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.
Note: The above text is excerpted from the Wikipedia article "Manatee", which has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Related Stories
1
2
Plants & Animals News
January 1, 2025
Jan. 1, 2025 — Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans -- including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and ...
Jan. 1, 2025 — Scientists have identified the molecular changes that occur in the brains of aging mice and located a hot spot where much of that damage is centralized. The cells in the area are also connected with ...
Dec. 25, 2024 — Scientists have developed an innovative therapeutic platform by mimicking the intricate structures of viruses using artificial intelligence ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, ...
Latest Headlines
updated 12:56 pm ET
Dec. 30, 2024 — A team has reported a Raman microscopy technique that produced images up to eight times brighter than those achieved with conventional Raman ...
Dec. 30, 2024 — Researchers have shown that people 60 years or older with weakened immunity do not respond as strongly to vaccines against the respiratory syncytial ...
Dec. 27, 2024 — The creation of more fox-free safe havens and greater collaboration between government and landowners is needed to ensure the survival of a species of wallaby, an expert argues. The Parma wallaby, ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Molecular biologists decode the epigenetic silencing of problematic retroviral gene ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — A live-attenuated vaccine under development is safe and 100% effective against Lassa virus in preclinical ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers developed a fully open-source biomolecular structure prediction model that achieves state-of-the-art performance, at the level of ...
Dec. 26, 2024 — A researcher has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue. His findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of primates to ...
Scientists Discover a 'Goldilocks' Zone for DNA Organization, Opening New Doors for Drug Development
Dec. 25, 2024 — In a discovery that could redefine how we understand cellular resilience and adaptability, scientists have unlocked the secret interactions between a ...
Dec. 25, 2024 — Many flies are plagued by parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs in fly larvae, turning them into surrogate wombs for wasp larvae. One common fly has successfully fought off its wasp predator by ...