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Animals Animals Animal Facts Habitat Facts Animal Pictures From Laura Klappenbach, your Guide to Animals Welcome to the Animals / Wildlife Newsletter, a weekly newsletter published every Thursday by About.com's Animals / Wildlife website. For more about animals and wildlife, be sure to stop by the blog, participate in forum discussions, and browse the growing library of animal profiles. Fishes Fishes are a diverse group of vertebrates and represent an informal collection of animals, not a true taxanomic class. For the purposes of this website, we recognize four groups of fishes including hagfish, lampreys, cartilaginous fishes and bony fishes. There are more than 24,000 species of fishes alive today. The articles listed below provide information about the characteristics, classification and evolution of fishes. Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the most extensive coral reef in the world, consisting of some 2,900 smaller reefs, 600 islands, 300 coral cays, and thousands of species. It is... Read more Search Related Topics:  coral reefs  fish  Flycatchers Give Clues to Species Divergence A team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden have sequenced the genomes of two species of flycatchers, the European pied flycatcher and the collared flycatcher. The genome sequencing data... Read more Search Related Topics:  birds  evolution  species Echinoderms Echinoderms are a diverse group of marine invertebrates that include brittlestars, starfish, sea lilies, feather stars, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins. There are about 6000 species of echinoderms. These creatures... Read more Related Searches Animals Wild Life Animals Pictures of Animals Fish Species Birds Featured Articles Invertebrates Mammals Reptiles Habitat Facts Zoology Basics Zoology Glossary   More from About.com The Perfect Engagement Ring How to find a gorgeous ring with a style and price that suit your needs. Read more...> Hometown Holidays Discover the best holiday events near your hometown. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Laura Klappenbach Animals Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Animals newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Must Reads Animals A to Z What is Evolution? Basic Animal Groups Facts About Animals Animal Characteristics   Follow me on: Advertisement