Canada might want to look into swapping the image of a beaver on the nickel for a turtle. In a first-of-its kind study, researchers have determined that the spiny softshell turtle—an unusual looking ...

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A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.

The most Canadian animal? It’s not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, or the loon that gave the one-dollar “loonie” its name.

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In fact, the spiny softshell turtle is Canada's most distinct animal in evolutionary terms, researchers from Simon Fraser University show in a first-of-its-kind study. Arne Mooers, a biodiversity ...

In fact, the spiny softshell turtle is Canada’s most distinct animal in evolutionary terms, researchers from Simon Fraser University show in a first-of-its-kind study. Arne Mooers, a biodiversity ...