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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

A nearly complete skeleton of an early long-necked plesiosaur has been found in a clay pit in Germany, and reveals they survived a mass extinction

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Hot springs, Yellowstone National Park

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Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

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'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

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Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

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Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

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Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

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Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

Over 200 pterosaur eggs have been found at a site in China, the largest such discovery on record, and the embryos inside reveal what newly-hatched pterosaurs were like

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A bacterium has been engineered to make 'unnatural' proteins

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How changing families are affecting our children’s well-being

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Does it matter if my child is not genetically related to me?

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Madagascar's lemurs close to extinction after population crash

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