Many factors determine the lifespan of an animal — habitat ... Half of its life cycle is spent in the larvae stage before ...

Since it is difficult to conduct experiments on animals with long life spans, the scientists studied the turquoise killifish. These fish inhabit arid regions of Africa, are about 4 centimeters ...

This is particularly evident in NARW, where increased mortality rates have further shortened life spans and exacerbated conservation challenges. The current short life spans observed in NARW are ...