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SpongeBob NoPants? Bizarre 'Nude' Sea Creature May Be a Sponge Relative After All
June 20, 2018 | ArticleA "nude" sponge-like animal that lived 500,000 years ago is offering compelling new clues about early animal evolution.
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Photos: Ancient Shrimp-Like Critter Was Tiny But Fierce
June 20, 2018 | Image AlbumAbout 508 million years ago, a fierce water beastie with paddles and a shrimp-like tail sped through the water, hunting for prey.
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Ancient, Mustached Sea Creature Used Spiny Limbs to Disembowel Prey
June 20, 2018 | ArticleIt took more than 100 years, but researchers have finally come up with a scientific description for a weird, thumb-size sea creature with large eyes, a "mustache" and fringed paddles for zipping through the ocean during the Cambrian period.
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First Known Nursery for Baby Manta Rays Discovered Off the Texas Coast
June 20, 2018 | ArticleThe little rays use the shallow reefs as hiding spots to avoid big sharks in the area.
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There Are More 'Pet' Tigers Than There Are in the Wild. How Did That Happen?
June 19, 2018 | ArticleHow did we get into this situation?
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How a Python Ate a Woman Whole and Left Hardly a Trace of the Fierce Attack
June 19, 2018 | ArticleNews of a pickup-truck-size reticulated python killing and swallowing a woman whole in central Indonesia, eating even her clothes, has made headlines around the world. But how often do these snakes eat people?
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The Oldest DNA from Giant Pandas Was Just Discovered in a Cave in China
June 18, 2018 | ArticleScientists analyzed mitochondrial DNA to prove that a fossil belonged to an unknown, ancient cousin of modern pandas.
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Meet the Extinct Cow with a 'Bulldog' Skull
June 15, 2018 | ArticleNobody would ever say to this cow, "Why the long face?"
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Flying Spiders Test the Winds Before Sailing on Silk Kites
June 15, 2018 | ArticleHow do some spiders fly?
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This Tick's Worst Day Ever Frozen in Time for 100 Million Years
June 15, 2018 | ArticleAn ancient tick's worst day ever was preserved for eternity.
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