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The sensory organ inside the blue whale's jaw.
Special adaptations allow blue whales to grub on a school of fish in one bite.
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A Photoshop reconstruction of the new snub-nosed monkey, based on a Yunnan snub-nosed monkey and a carcass of the newly discovered species.
The list highlights the most captivating species discovered in 2011.
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Scientists excavate an abelisaurid dinosaur in Patagonia.
Its arms may have been tinier than tyrannosaurs but it had a ferocious bite.
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Ring tailed coati
In a turnaround of basic animal behavior, young coatis steal food from older relatives with the help of unrelated fem...
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A bright yellow frog
The frog's bright yellow coloring actually dyes the skin of those who touch it.
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Salukis appear genetically different from other modern dogs because they were geographically isolated and were not part of the 19th century Victorian-initiated Kennel Clubs that blended lineages to create most of the breeds we keep as pets today.
Dogs' complicated history has made domestication a tricky thing to study.
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