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Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, which led to the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs

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Small and speedy dinosaur recognised as a new species

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Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes

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Leaf cutter ants carrying sections of leaves

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Why you should assume that even the simplest animals are conscious

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The surprising silver lining to the recent boom in invertebrate pets

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Australian moths use the stars as a compass on 1000-km migrations

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Cryopreserved sea star larvae could enable vital species to recover

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Sauropod dinosaur's last meal reveals that it didn't bother to chew

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Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places

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AYMTTG A man looks at a display in the Hall of Biodiversity American Museum of Natural History

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Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low

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Crafty cockatoos learn to use public drinking fountains

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There’s growing evidence the big five mass extinctions never happened

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Fossils show puzzling lack of evolution during last ice age peak

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Why birds decorate their nests with weird and unnatural objects

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