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We live on a planet with millions of species of animals -and a rich, diverse collection of known wildlife, and yet new species are being identified seemingly every day — both living and extinct.
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Scientists say their robot dinosaur could help explain the evolution of wings. But 1 expert says the study is flawed.
By Kiley Price published
The robot faced up against grasshopper prey. But did the dinosaur it mimics actually eat insects?

Gargantuan 'star lizard' was one of the last (and largest) dinosaurs of its kind
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists spent years retrieving fossils of the Cretaceous sauropod, which they've named Sidersaura, or "star lizard."

Tiny male marsupials sacrifice sleep for a chance at sex — then all die at once and get eaten
By Sascha Pare published
Male antechinuses lose three hours of sleep every night during their three-week breeding season to boost their chances of mating, then they die off in a single event.

'I felt my heart skip a beat': Researcher discovers dinosaur 'chicken from hell' after buying fossil online
By Patrick Pester published
A "chicken from hell" dinosaur that lived just before the asteroid struck has been discovered in South Dakota.

4 never-before-seen emperor penguin colonies discovered in Antarctica, thanks to poop smears spotted from space
By Kiley Price published
A scientist scoured satellites for signs of unreported Emperor penguin colonies and made a shocking discovery.

Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before death
By Hannah Osborne published
Footage of Labord's chameleon in last moments of her short life shows her skin burst into 'chaotic technicolor patterns' — a spectacle never observed in the wild before.

Bigfoot? Sasquatch? Nope, it's probably just a black bear — unless you live in Florida
By Patrick Pester published
Bigfoot reports across North America have been linked to the presence of black bears, but the research can't account for sightings in Florida.

Free radicals don't kill tardigrades — they're the secret to the tiny critters' invincibility
By Ben Turner published
Microscopic water bears can enter a near-invincible 'tun' state when stressed, enabling them to survive in the harshest conditions — including the vacuum of space. Now we know how.

Alligators survive cold snap by becoming 'frozen solid' in North Carolina and Texas ponds
By Sascha Pare published
When temperatures drop below freezing, alligators can enter a state of torpor known as brumation, as the water around them solidifies and suspends them in a giant, pond-shaped ice cube.
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