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'Living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locationsWollemi pines — thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago — were rediscovered in 1994. Scientists are now hoping to reintroduce the species in the wild in a conservation effort that could take centuries.
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Fishing cats seen feasting on chicks at the tops of 26-foot-tall trees in BangladeshSouth Asian fishing cats have been caught on camera hunting chicks in tree tops, potentially solving the mystery of how this vulnerable species survives during the monsoon season.
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1st-ever white rhino IVF sparks hope that 'doomed species' could still be saved, despite there being no males leftResearchers in Kenya successfully transplanted a white rhino embryo into a female surrogate for the first time. The pregnant mother-to-be died from an unrelated illness before she could give birth, but the procedure showed that some of the world's rarest animals can still be saved.
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'Incredibly rare' 2nd-century Roman armor pieced together like an 'ancient jigsaw puzzle'Conservators in the U.K. have painstakingly reassembled a piece of Roman armor that was broken into more than 100 pieces.
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Pangolin courtship ritual and birth of a 'pangopup' captured in incredible, rare footagePangolin courtship rituals can last hours and require lots of adjusting for the couple's scaly armor, incredible new footage shot for the PBS series "Big Little Journeys" reveals.
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Clouded leopard: The cat with saber-like teeth that can walk upside down in treesClouded leopards can rotate their ankle joints by almost 180 degrees and they kill prey by biting the back of their necks with their huge teeth.
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Giant 1.5-foot-long rat that can crack open coconuts photographed for 1st time on remote islandAfter years of failed attempts, scientists have finally succeeded in snapping images of an extremely rare, enormous rat that is so big it can reportedly chew through coconuts on the Solomon Islands.
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Wolf spider mama wearing crown of babies captured in stunning photoWinning images from The Nature Conservancy's 2023 Global Photo Contest include a wolf spider in a Maryland park with a hat made of her own babies.
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Eerie blackwater dive image shows paper nautilus floating on stick after volcanic eruptionA photograph of a paper nautilus in the aftermath of the Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines has won 2023 Ocean Photographer of the Year award.
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