Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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AnimalsWhen the giant ants went marching
A new study of an ancient fossil suggests that 50 million years ago, supersized ants went on a cross-continental trek.
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FossilsDangerous dinos in the dark
Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.
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EnvironmentBusy bacteria leave big mark
Earth’s earliest life-forms built mounds on an Antarctic lake bottom.
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AnimalsEating can be skin deep
In the laboratory, bottom-dwelling hagfish absorb nutrients through the skin.
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FossilsDinosaur Eggs-citement
Scientists have found dinosaur eggs, with their shells on, inside a female dino fossil.
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FossilsDino Flesh from Fossil Bone
Scientists may have found dinosaur blood vessels and cells inside a fossilized leg bone.
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FossilsBig fish in ancient waters
Fossils have revealed an ancient, oversized relative of modern-day swordfish.
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FossilsDino bite leaves a tooth
Meat-eating dinosaurs sometimes feasted on flying reptiles.
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FossilsAncient critter caught shedding Its skin
A fossil reveals that ancient animals shed their skin, just as insects and crustaceans do today.
By Emily Sohn