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Scientists Just Found 12,000 Tiny Fossils That Expand Our Understanding Of The Origins Of Complex Lifemud core containing early eukaryote fossils

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Scientists Just Found 12,000 Tiny Fossils That Expand Our Understanding Of The Origins Of Complex Lifemud core containing early eukaryote fossils
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Scientists Just Found 12,000 Tiny Fossils That Expand Our Understanding Of The Origins Of Complex Life

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Cassowaries Just Got Even Cooler With Colorful Casques That Glow Under UV LightLots of images of cassowary heads glowing under UV light.

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Cassowaries Just Got Even Cooler With Colorful Casques That Glow Under UV LightLots of images of cassowary heads glowing under UV light.
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Cassowaries Just Got Even Cooler With Colorful Casques That Glow Under UV Light

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Humpback Whales Swimming 15,000 Kilometers Between Australia And Brazil Break Known Migration Distance Record In "Exceptional Events"A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) performs a peduncle throw — a behaviour in which the animal hurls the rear portion of its body out of the water — off the coast of Australia.

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Humpback Whales Swimming 15,000 Kilometers Between Australia And Brazil Break Known Migration Distance Record In "Exceptional Events"A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) performs a peduncle throw — a behaviour in which the animal hurls the rear portion of its body out of the water — off the coast of Australia.
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Humpback Whales Swimming 15,000 Kilometers Between Australia And Brazil Break Known Migration Distance Record In "Exceptional Events"

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“It's Beautiful… You Wouldn't Expect It To Be A Predator”: New Hairy-Looking Ghost Pipefish Is A Real-Life Mr SnuffleupagusA very small shaggy orange ghost pipefish with bright yellow eye.

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“It's Beautiful… You Wouldn't Expect It To Be A Predator”: New Hairy-Looking Ghost Pipefish Is A Real-Life Mr SnuffleupagusA very small shaggy orange ghost pipefish with bright yellow eye.
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“It's Beautiful… You Wouldn't Expect It To Be A Predator”: New Hairy-Looking Ghost Pipefish Is A Real-Life Mr Snuffleupagus

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Do Platypuses Have Teeth? Not Anymore, But An “Exceptionally Rare” Fossil Proves They Used ToArtist’s impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years ago

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Do Platypuses Have Teeth? Not Anymore, But An “Exceptionally Rare” Fossil Proves They Used ToArtist’s impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years ago
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Do Platypuses Have Teeth? Not Anymore, But An “Exceptionally Rare” Fossil Proves They Used To

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The World's Oldest River Has Been Active For 300 To 400 Million YearsFinke River slinks through the Glen Helen Gorge in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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The World's Oldest River Has Been Active For 300 To 400 Million YearsFinke River slinks through the Glen Helen Gorge in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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The World's Oldest River Has Been Active For 300 To 400 Million Years

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Why Are Cassowary Eggs Bright Green?A cassowary crouches over bright green eggs

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Why Are Cassowary Eggs Bright Green?A cassowary crouches over bright green eggs
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Why Are Cassowary Eggs Bright Green?

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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology PuzzleAn artist's illustration of a Giant long-beaked echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) wandering around ancient Australia.

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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology PuzzleAn artist's illustration of a Giant long-beaked echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) wandering around ancient Australia.
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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology Puzzle

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Rare Blonde Echidnas And Tiny Marsupials Steal The Show In First-Ever Camera Survey Of Remote Tasmanian IslandA blonde echidna climbs over a tree branch on the ground, captured by a camera trap.

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Rare Blonde Echidnas And Tiny Marsupials Steal The Show In First-Ever Camera Survey Of Remote Tasmanian IslandA blonde echidna climbs over a tree branch on the ground, captured by a camera trap.
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Rare Blonde Echidnas And Tiny Marsupials Steal The Show In First-Ever Camera Survey Of Remote Tasmanian Island

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Satin Bowerbirds Are The Only Animal With Dazzling Purple Eyes And Take 7 Years To Get Fully "Dressed"A glossy purple bird with a bright purple eye ringed with blue and a yellow beak

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Satin Bowerbirds Are The Only Animal With Dazzling Purple Eyes And Take 7 Years To Get Fully "Dressed"A glossy purple bird with a bright purple eye ringed with blue and a yellow beak
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Satin Bowerbirds Are The Only Animal With Dazzling Purple Eyes And Take 7 Years To Get Fully "Dressed"

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Over 100 Million Years Before Dinosaurs Existed, The World's Oldest Cave Was BornStalactites adorn the Orient Cave, part of the Jenolan Caves.

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Over 100 Million Years Before Dinosaurs Existed, The World's Oldest Cave Was BornStalactites adorn the Orient Cave, part of the Jenolan Caves.
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Over 100 Million Years Before Dinosaurs Existed, The World's Oldest Cave Was Born

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A Football Pitch-Sized Coral Colony Is The Great Barrier Reef – And Probably The World’s – LargestTwo scuba divers swimming over a giant Pavona coral colony, the longest and quite likely the largest in the world.

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A Football Pitch-Sized Coral Colony Is The Great Barrier Reef – And Probably The World’s – LargestTwo scuba divers swimming over a giant Pavona coral colony, the longest and quite likely the largest in the world.
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A Football Pitch-Sized Coral Colony Is The Great Barrier Reef – And Probably The World’s – Largest

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Possum Romance Could Save These Adorable “Forest Fairies” From Brink Of ExtinctionThe expression you get when the survival of your species is on your tiny shoulders, but at least you're getting good snacks

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Possum Romance Could Save These Adorable “Forest Fairies” From Brink Of ExtinctionThe expression you get when the survival of your species is on your tiny shoulders, but at least you're getting good snacks
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Possum Romance Could Save These Adorable “Forest Fairies” From Brink Of Extinction

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A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Earth's Surface Has Been Mapped With Incredible DetailCSIRO researchers describe a magnetic anomaly in the Northern Territory which resembles the shape of the Australian coastline.

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A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Earth's Surface Has Been Mapped With Incredible DetailCSIRO researchers describe a magnetic anomaly in the Northern Territory which resembles the shape of the Australian coastline.
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A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Earth's Surface Has Been Mapped With Incredible Detail

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Behold! Meet The Mighty Baphomet Moth And Its Freaky-Looking Inflatable Hair PencilsAn extraordinary looking white and red both with four hairy appendages coming from its rear.

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Behold! Meet The Mighty Baphomet Moth And Its Freaky-Looking Inflatable Hair PencilsAn extraordinary looking white and red both with four hairy appendages coming from its rear.
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Behold! Meet The Mighty Baphomet Moth And Its Freaky-Looking Inflatable Hair Pencils

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