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West Indian Ocean coelacanth: The once-'extinct' Lazarus fish that can live for 100 years
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoBelieved to have gone extinct at the time of the dinosaurs, the coelacanth has one of the longest...
Prehistoric fish with giant jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth are the ultimate living fossils
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAlligator gar caught on jug line. Gars are the ultimate living fossils, having changed at an...
Species of clam thought to exist only as a fossil found alive
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA species of clam thought to exist only as a fossil has been found living off the coast of...
Millions of years ago, male mosquitoes may have been blood suckers too
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA mosquito encased in amber. Deposits of this tree resin can provide clues into insects and...
Why are there so many beetle species?
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCaroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green...
Cormac McCarthy shaped a generation of writers like me — even when we didn't admit it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor the entirety of my writing life, Cormac McCarthy has been a mountain. Some of the novelists of my generation found the mountain beautiful; others found it oppressive. But virtually all of ...
Great Big Hairy Expectations
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGreat Big Hairy ExpectationsNisian Hughes - Getty Images The primary allure of Bigfoot is that you never really expect to see Bigfoot, but still I was...
