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New Fossil Trackways Reveal Fish Left The Ocean 10 Million Years Earlier Than ThoughtAn early explorer of the land Reptanichnus acutori watched cautiously by Broomichnium ujazdensis still sticking to the water.New Fossil Trackways Reveal Fish Left The Ocean 10 Million Years Earlier Than ThoughtAn early explorer of the land Reptanichnus acutori watched cautiously by Broomichnium ujazdensis still sticking to the water.

New Fossil Trackways Reveal Fish Left The Ocean 10 Million Years Earlier Than Thought

Some even appeared to be "left-handed".

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Thousands Of Bumblebee Catfish Seen Literally Climbing The Walls For The First Time EverLots of orange and black tiny catfish all trying to climb rocks with a small stream of water running over them.

Thousands Of Bumblebee Catfish Seen Literally Climbing The Walls For The First Time Ever

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POV: You Strapped A Camera To A Seabird’s Butt And Discovered They Prefer To Poop While Flyinga camera strapped to a seabird shows it pooping in the air

POV: You Strapped A Camera To A Seabird’s Butt And Discovered They Prefer To Poop While Flying

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Part Desert Lynx, Part Jungle Curl: Meet The New Highlander CatLiverpool, NS, CAN, July 8, 2023 - A highland lynx cat balancing high up on a porch railing.

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Part Desert Lynx, Part Jungle Curl: Meet The New Highlander CatLiverpool, NS, CAN, July 8, 2023 - A highland lynx cat balancing high up on a porch railing.
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Part Desert Lynx, Part Jungle Curl: Meet The New Highlander Cat

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New 3D Reconstructions Show Massive Sauropods Could Move Their Tails Like Your Pet DoggoIllustration of a herd of Giraffatitan dinosaurs travel through a grassy plain in Africa during the Jurassic Period.

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New 3D Reconstructions Show Massive Sauropods Could Move Their Tails Like Your Pet DoggoIllustration of a herd of Giraffatitan dinosaurs travel through a grassy plain in Africa during the Jurassic Period.
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New 3D Reconstructions Show Massive Sauropods Could Move Their Tails Like Your Pet Doggo

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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022purple flowers covering a vast area in the Atacama Desert, during a desert bloom

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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022purple flowers covering a vast area in the Atacama Desert, during a desert bloom
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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022

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Massive Hydrogen-Rich Hydrothermal System Discovered In Pacific 100 Times Larger Than Atlantic's "Lost City"mud explosion at an underwater hot spring

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Massive Hydrogen-Rich Hydrothermal System Discovered In Pacific 100 Times Larger Than Atlantic's "Lost City"mud explosion at an underwater hot spring
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Massive Hydrogen-Rich Hydrothermal System Discovered In Pacific 100 Times Larger Than Atlantic's "Lost City"

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The World's Rarest Whale Has 9 Stomachs, "Wisdom" Teeth, And Has Never Been Seen AliveThe seventh observed specimen of a spade-toothed whale was found on a beach in New Zealand's South Island.

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The World's Rarest Whale Has 9 Stomachs, "Wisdom" Teeth, And Has Never Been Seen AliveThe seventh observed specimen of a spade-toothed whale was found on a beach in New Zealand's South Island.
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The World's Rarest Whale Has 9 Stomachs, "Wisdom" Teeth, And Has Never Been Seen Alive

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These Fish Have Two Eyes On One Side Of Their Face, But They Don’t Start Out That Wayflatfish with two eyes on one side of its head

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These Fish Have Two Eyes On One Side Of Their Face, But They Don’t Start Out That Wayflatfish with two eyes on one side of its head
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These Fish Have Two Eyes On One Side Of Their Face, But They Don’t Start Out That Way

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First Insect Proven To Use Milky Way For Orientation Uses Its Superpower To Push Big Balls Of Poopa dung beetle resting on a ball of poop, looking to the milk way for directions

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First Insect Proven To Use Milky Way For Orientation Uses Its Superpower To Push Big Balls Of Poopa dung beetle resting on a ball of poop, looking to the milk way for directions
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First Insect Proven To Use Milky Way For Orientation Uses Its Superpower To Push Big Balls Of Poop

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Ancient Crater Lakes Rewrite Saharan Climate History, And Possibly Civilization’s OriginsThe Era Kohor crater dried out well before a counterpart on the other side of the Tibesti Mountains, in contrast to expectations and overturning thoughts about the source of the region's ancient rains

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Ancient Crater Lakes Rewrite Saharan Climate History, And Possibly Civilization’s OriginsThe Era Kohor crater dried out well before a counterpart on the other side of the Tibesti Mountains, in contrast to expectations and overturning thoughts about the source of the region's ancient rains
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Ancient Crater Lakes Rewrite Saharan Climate History, And Possibly Civilization’s Origins

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"An Underwater Photographer's Dream": Watch Big-Bellied Seahorses Passing Eggs Between Each OtherTwo big-bellied seahorses pass eggs to each other underwater.

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"An Underwater Photographer's Dream": Watch Big-Bellied Seahorses Passing Eggs Between Each OtherTwo big-bellied seahorses pass eggs to each other underwater.
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"An Underwater Photographer's Dream": Watch Big-Bellied Seahorses Passing Eggs Between Each Other

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Rare Crystalline Gold Accounts For Just 1 Percent Of The World's Gold, And It's Beautifula crystalline gold nugget being held by someone wearing black gloves

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Rare Crystalline Gold Accounts For Just 1 Percent Of The World's Gold, And It's Beautifula crystalline gold nugget being held by someone wearing black gloves
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Rare Crystalline Gold Accounts For Just 1 Percent Of The World's Gold, And It's Beautiful

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Meet Splash: The World’s First Search-And-Rescue Otter Hunting For Missing People In FloridaAsian small-clawed otter swimming

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Meet Splash: The World’s First Search-And-Rescue Otter Hunting For Missing People In FloridaAsian small-clawed otter swimming
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Meet Splash: The World’s First Search-And-Rescue Otter Hunting For Missing People In Florida

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Massive Offshore Canyon Expedition Discovers Barbie Lobsters, Sea Pigs, And 40 Potential New SpeciesPatagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini (unconfirmed) are crustaceans found on the continental shelf around South America, particularly in the Argentine Sea.

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Massive Offshore Canyon Expedition Discovers Barbie Lobsters, Sea Pigs, And 40 Potential New SpeciesPatagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini (unconfirmed) are crustaceans found on the continental shelf around South America, particularly in the Argentine Sea.
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Massive Offshore Canyon Expedition Discovers Barbie Lobsters, Sea Pigs, And 40 Potential New Species

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Deep-Sea Explorers Found A Sunken Whale Carcass – And Watched A Wild Banquet UnfoldOctopus, eel-like fish, and bone-sucking worms flocked towards the relatively fresh whale carcass.

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Deep-Sea Explorers Found A Sunken Whale Carcass – And Watched A Wild Banquet UnfoldOctopus, eel-like fish, and bone-sucking worms flocked towards the relatively fresh whale carcass.
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Deep-Sea Explorers Found A Sunken Whale Carcass – And Watched A Wild Banquet Unfold

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Woman Unearths 2.3 Carat Diamond For Her Future Engagement Ring In Arkansas State ParkMicherre Fox with a 2.3 carat diamond found in Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas, USA.

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Woman Unearths 2.3 Carat Diamond For Her Future Engagement Ring In Arkansas State ParkMicherre Fox with a 2.3 carat diamond found in Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas, USA.
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Woman Unearths 2.3 Carat Diamond For Her Future Engagement Ring In Arkansas State Park

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The World’s Largest Terrestrial Carnivore Has Clear Fur And Black Skin, But You Wouldn’t Know Ita polar bear on the snow, its fur looks white, but it isn't

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The World’s Largest Terrestrial Carnivore Has Clear Fur And Black Skin, But You Wouldn’t Know Ita polar bear on the snow, its fur looks white, but it isn't
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The World’s Largest Terrestrial Carnivore Has Clear Fur And Black Skin, But You Wouldn’t Know It

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An Underwater Volcano Off The US Coast Is Set To Erupt in 2025, Raising Excitement And WorryExaggerated swatch bathymetry of Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, approximately 480 kilometers (298 miles) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
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An Underwater Volcano Off The US Coast Is Set To Erupt in 2025, Raising Excitement And Worry

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Do Crab-Eating Foxes Actually Eat Crabs?Crab-eating fox walking across grassy area
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Do Crab-Eating Foxes Actually Eat Crabs?

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In 1883, A Volcano Turned The Sky Red, Sunsets Green, And The Moon Blue For Several WeeksSmoke billows from the Anak Krakatau, which emerged in the Sundra Strait 45 years after the famous Krakatoa explosion in 1883.
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In 1883, A Volcano Turned The Sky Red, Sunsets Green, And The Moon Blue For Several Weeks

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Could You Survive Being Sucked Into A Tornado?a woman backs away from a tornado
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Could You Survive Being Sucked Into A Tornado?

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Video: Which Animal Has The Largest Brain?A brains butt
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Video: Which Animal Has The Largest Brain?

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Video: The Ordovician Mass Extinctionan organism from the Ordovician time
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Video: The Ordovician Mass Extinction

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Can You See The Frog In This Photo? Incredible Camouflage Shows Wildlife Survival StrategyA frog is barely distinguishable from the bark of the tree is rests on/

Can You See The Frog In This Photo? Incredible Camouflage Shows Wildlife Survival Strategy

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We're Going On A Bear Hunt: Florida Approves First Black Bear Hunt In 10 YearsBlack bear looking to the left sign of the screen

We're Going On A Bear Hunt: Florida Approves First Black Bear Hunt In 10 Years

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The Talipot Palm Produces 24 Million Flowers, “The Most Prolific Sexual Spectacle Of The Plant Kingdom”talipot palm in bloom producing the largest inflorescence in the world

The Talipot Palm Produces 24 Million Flowers, “The Most Prolific Sexual Spectacle Of The Plant Kingdom”

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Black Olives Aren't What You Think They AreNaturally black and fully ripe olives basking in the Mediterranean sun.

Black Olives Aren't What You Think They Are

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What Is The Silverpit Crater: The First Meteorite Impact Found Near Great Britain, Or Something Else?silverpit crater diagram

What Is The Silverpit Crater: The First Meteorite Impact Found Near Great Britain, Or Something Else?

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15-Meter Monolith-Like Rock Discovered During Deep-Sea Expedition Off PapahānaumokuākeaRemotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer images a large face of a solitary dike seen near the end of the dive

15-Meter Monolith-Like Rock Discovered During Deep-Sea Expedition Off Papahānaumokuākea

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These Are The "New Seasons" Scientists Think Are Emerging Because Of Climate ChangeSilhouette of a man walking across a hazy field with a wildfire in background.

These Are The "New Seasons" Scientists Think Are Emerging Because Of Climate Change

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The "Weekend Effect" Of Weather: Is It Rainier On Saturdays And Sundays?A couple walk through the city in the rain, with drips of water on the water.

The "Weekend Effect" Of Weather: Is It Rainier On Saturdays And Sundays?

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Newly Discovered 26-Million-Year-Old Whale Was “Deceptively Cute”, With A Tiny Body But A Big BiteJanjucetus dullardi calf and mother

Newly Discovered 26-Million-Year-Old Whale Was “Deceptively Cute”, With A Tiny Body But A Big Bite

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What's The Deepest Dinosaur Fossil Ever Found?Skull of Plateosaurus engelhardti

What's The Deepest Dinosaur Fossil Ever Found?

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California Is Overdue A Massive Earthquake – But We May Have Been Picturing It All WrongAerial photo of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain

California Is Overdue A Massive Earthquake – But We May Have Been Picturing It All Wrong

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North America’s Tintina Fault More Active Than Thought – And Could Be Brewing A Major EarthquakeSeismograph data of a large earthquake

North America’s Tintina Fault More Active Than Thought – And Could Be Brewing A Major Earthquake

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This Parasitic Worm Could Hold The Key To New Alternatives To Opioid TreatmentsSchistosoma mansoni parasitic worm

This Parasitic Worm Could Hold The Key To New Alternatives To Opioid Treatments

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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider WorldBig black tarantula species with long legs and a hairy body.

Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider World

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