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Newfound species of wee frogs found in Mexico can fit on your fingertipScientists recently described six new species of miniature frogs that inhabit forest floors in Mexico and Guatemala.
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Crows and ravens took over the world because they're spookily smart (and brawny, too)The secret behind crows and ravens' global success is a combination of size and smarts, a new study finds.
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Facts about the dodoDodos went extinct more than a century ago, and they are an enduring reminder of human-caused extinction.
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Famed naturalist E.O. Wilson, 'Darwin's natural heir,' dies at 92World leading naturalist E.O. Wilson has passed away at the age of 92. He was known as "Darwin’s natural heir" and the world's top authority on the study of ants.
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Ferocious 'penis worms' were the hermit crabs of the ancient seasPriapulids, sometimes called penis worms, were fearsome predators of the Cambrian Period. They may have worn shells for protection, new fossil evidence suggests.
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Fowl play? 'Bird of the Year' winner in New Zealand contest is a batNew Zealand's long-tailed bat recently earned a very unlikely accolade.
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Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.
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'Lost extinction,' uncovered for the first time, claimed more than 60% of Africa's primatesMore than half of the species in five mammal groups went extinct in Africa about 34 million years ago, scientists recently discovered.
