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Few would venture underneath the ice of Russia's Lake Baikal, largest and most ancient freshwater lake in the world. Strange creatures exist beneath the frozen surface, creatures straight out of science fiction. But one woman dares to hunt for them, armed with SCUBA gear, a camera and a good dose of persistence.

Giraffes are one of the world’s most iconic animals, thanks to their unusually long neck. It is a trait not seen in another living member of the family Giraffidae, the okapi. One fossil animal from the island of Samos, Greece, had a neck that is somewhere in-between its living relatives.

380-million-year-old fossilized forests help to tell a story about ancient climate change.