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The Sciences

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Meet the Record-Breaking Deep Sea Snail That Lives 6,000 Meters Below the Surface

Nektognathus

A 518-Million-Year-Old Ancient Squid-Like Creature Had “Complex Camera Eyes”

bowhead whales

Toxic Algae in Whale Poop Warns of Warming Seas in the Alaskan Arctic 

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Spiky, Star-Shaped Creatures Show the Deep Sea Is a "Connected Superhighway"

Raider Ants

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Monitor Lizards May Share the Same Mysterious Bone Structure With a Stegosaurus

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Living fossil: Coelacanth.

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动物

一些早期古人类在仍生活在树上时就已进化出直立行走的能力

独家播客：我们只探索了 0.001% 的深海 — 下面潜伏着什么？

认识生活在地下 6000 米深处的破纪录的深海蜗牛

一种 5.18 亿年前的古老鱿鱼状生物拥有“复杂的相机眼”

鲸鱼粪便中的有毒藻类警告阿拉斯加北极海域变暖

多刺的星形生物表明深海是一条“连通的高速公路”

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巨蜥可能与剑龙共享同样神秘的骨骼结构

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胎盘哺乳动物，如鲸鱼和人类，如何进化出更大的大脑和进化优势

像腔棘鱼一样的活化石在 4 亿年来保持不变

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