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plants and animals
about 4 years ago by Rachel Fritts

South America’s “fox on stilts”

South America’s maned wolves are some of the most evolutionarily distinct and morphologically quirky canids around. Unfortunately, their favorite habitat is being destroyed at twice the rate of the Amazon Rainforest.
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fossils
about 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Burgess Shale animal clapped its feathery arms during feeding

A suspension feeding “worm” from the Cambrian Burgess Shale held on to the ground with its rear legs and used its feather-like front legs to capture food out of the water.
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fossils
about 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Ice cream cone with a trapdoor finds its place on the Tree of Life

Hyoliths, an enigmatic group of Paleozoic invertebrates have long puzzled paleontologists. A new analysis of hundreds of specimens shows that they are close relatives of brachiopods or lamp shells.
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fossils
about 4 years ago by Julio Lacerda

Feather explosion: How fluffy dinosaur fossils rocked paleontology

Since the 1990s, more and more dinosaur fossils with evidence of feathers have burst onto the scene. But recent discoveries are only the latest salvo in a long list of bombshells linking them to birds.
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plants and animals
about 4 years ago by Richard Silcox

Aggressive mimicry: Ten animals that are dressed to kill

Animals don’t just put on costumes to scamper away from predators. With the right disguise, these impostors turn the tables on an unwitting victim.
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