Anatidae -- Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. The Magpie-goose is no longer considered to be part of the Anatidae, but is placed in ... > full article

Alligatoridae -- Alligators and caimans are reptiles closely related to the crocodiles and forming the family Alligatoridae. In Central and South America alligators are represented by five species of the genus ... > full article

Great albatross -- The great albatrosses are seabirds in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family. Great albatrosses are the largest of the albatrosses and are amongst the largest of flying ... > full article

Pollock -- Pollock is the common term for either of the two species in the Pollachius genus. Both P. pollachius and P. virens are commonly referred to as pollock. Other names for P. pollachius include the ... > full article

Hominidae -- The hominids are the members of the biological family Hominidae (the great apes), which includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. The exact criteria for membership in the Homininae are ... > full article

Dodo and related birds -- The Raphinae are a subfamily of extinct flightless birds colloquially called didines or didine birds. They inhabited the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but became extinct through ... > full article

Trout -- Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. Trout are usually found in cool, clear streams and ... > full article

Hadrosaurus -- Hadrosaurus is a hadrosaurid dinosaur genus. In 1858, a skeleton of a dinosaur from this genus was the first full dinosaur skeleton found in North America, and in 1868 it became the first ever ... > full article

Emu -- The Emu is the largest bird native to Australia and, after the Ostrich, the second-largest bird that survives today. Like all birds in the Ratite group, it is flightless, although unlike some it does ... > full article

Arabidopsis -- Arabidopsis (rockcress) is a genus in the family Brassicaceae. They are small flowering plants related to cabbage and mustard. This genus is of great interest since it contains Thale Cress ... > full article

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