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Christmas animals – a list of animals associated with Christmas, with pictures and facts.

Animals play a central part in Christmas celebrations in many parts of the world. On this page we take a look at animals associated with Christmas. We’ll discover what part they play in Yuletide celebrations, and also find out about the animals themselves…

Reindeer

Scientific name: Rangifer tarandus
Conservation status: Vulnerable

Reindeer are large deer found in cold northerly regions in the northern hemisphere. Although they’re the same species, reindeer found in North America are known as ‘caribou’.

Reindeer (caribou) in Canada make the longest migration of any (non-flying) land animal. In a single year they can travel as far as 3,000 miles / 5,000 km.

Reindeer have become closely associated with Christmas since the early nineteenth century. In the traditional festive legend, Santa …

Arthropods Examples: Examples Of Arthropods From Around The World

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Arthropods examples from major groups, including insects, crustaceans, arachnids, myriapods, and more.

Arthropods Examples

Examples of arthropods include insects such as flies, bees, beetles, and ants; crustaceans such as barnacles, crabs, lobsters and krill; myriapods such as centipedes and millipedes; arachnids such as spiders, scorpions and camel spiders, and extinct animals such as trilobites.

Below is a list examples of arthropods from major groups. Click on a group name / image for information on a particular arthropod, or continue scrolling to browse all of the animals.

Chelicerata (the arthropod group that contains the arachnids and related animals)

thumbnail-Vinegaroon-Whip-Scorpion — Vinegaroon / Whip Scorpion

Myriapoda (the arthropod group that is home to millipedes and centipedes)

Pancrustacea (a large arthropod group containing crustaceans and hexapods)

Crustacea (the crustaceans – animals …

Oceanic vertical migrators in a warming world

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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 October 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01493-4

A myriad of aquatic animals migrate daily across strong depth-related temperature and oxygen gradients. Now, research shows that these vertical migrators are particularly sensitive to temperature gradients and that cold waters currently impose an energetic barrier to latitudinal range expansion that may be released under climate change.
Nature Climate Change – Issue – nature.com science feed…