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Ghost Sharks Grow Retractable Teeth Out of Their Forehead &ndash; Not to Eat, But to Mate

The thumbnail and hand of a kangaroo rat, an example of a rodent with thumbnails that uses its hands to manipulate its food.

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Rodents&#39; Oddly Humanlike Thumbnails Have Let Them Feast on Nuts Since Ancient Times

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New Species Identified On Antarctic Seafloor that was Once Covered By a Massive Ice Sheet

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Rainbow Shrimp Vision Is the Most Powerful of Any Animal on Earth, But We Don&rsquo;t Know Why

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Are Animals Like Mountain Lions and Bears Leaving Yellowstone National Park?

A small freshwater fish without color or eyes against a black background.

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The Evolution of this Eyeless Fish Helps us Pinpoint When Caves Started to Form

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Shark Teeth May Start to Decay as Ocean Water Becomes Increasingly Acidic

In the course of evolution, the pygmy seahorse has adapted its appearance almost perfectly to the coral on which it lives.

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The pygmy seahorse is just the size of a thumbnail and is difficult to spot thanks to its camouflage.

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Pygmy Seahorses Lost Their Long Snout, And It&rsquo;s Kept Them Alive For 18 Million Years

Deep sea worm fights ‘poison with poison’ to survive high arsenic and sulfide levels

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This Worm&rsquo;s Golden Color Is Toxic, But Is Necessary to Survive in the Deep Sea

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Two Rare Parasitic Wasp Species Likely Hitchhiked On a Plane to Get to the U.S.

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Octopus Arms Can Punch, Lift, and Sometimes Pull 100 Times the Sea Creature&rsquo;s Own Weight

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Giraffes Are Long-Necked and Spotted, and Apparently Four Separate Species

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幽灵鲨额头上长出可伸缩的牙齿——不是为了进食，而是为了交配

啮齿动物奇特似人的指甲让它们自古以来就能享用坚果

南极海底发现新物种，该区域曾被巨大冰盖覆盖

彩虹虾的视力是地球上所有动物中最强的，但我们不知道原因

像美洲狮和熊这样的动物正在离开黄石国家公园吗？

这种无眼鱼的进化帮助我们确定洞穴开始形成的时间

随着海水酸度增加，鲨鱼牙齿可能开始腐蚀

侏儒海马失去了长吻，这使它们存活了1800万年

这种蠕虫的金色是剧毒的，但对深海生存至关重要

两种罕见的寄生蜂物种可能搭飞机进入美国

章鱼的触手可以出拳、举重，有时还能拉动自身体重100倍的海底生物

长颈鹿脖子长且有斑点，而且显然是四个独立的物种

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