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A pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur known as Microraptor had black iridescent feathers when it roamed the Earth 130 million years ago, according to new research led by a team of American and Chinese scientists that includes Museum researchers. The dinosaur’s fossilized plumage is the earliest record of iridescent feather color.
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Rabb's fringe-limbed tree frog of Panama: only one is left. Details at extinction countdown: blogs.scientifica... Photo from Atlanta Zoo
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An isopod parasite that has replaced a fish's tongue. Proof that this isn't just science fiction here: www.jstor.org/... More details in my book Parasite Rex.
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A newly discovered chameleon from Madagascar. Nice to know about it before its habitat disappears. Paper: dx.plos.org/...
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Breast cancer cells on the rampage (shown here as the alien octopus-like things). Echo Medical Media, honorable mention in 2011 NSF Visualization Challenge www.nsf.gov/...
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Wolf Spider carrying her young. From Jacobo Martin on Flickr www.flickr.com/...
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Carl Buell's portrait of Ambulocetus, the ancient relative of today's whales. It appears in The Tangled Bank: www.amazon.com/Ta...
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Otavia antiqua - sponge-like African fossils could be the earliest known animals—and possibly our earliest evolutionary ancestors
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A parasitic crustacean eats a fish's tongue, and then takes the tongue's place. From my book Parasite Rex.
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Rhinoviruses, a common cause of the cold. From my book, A Planet of Viruses
Slime mold. From Myriorama on Flickr: www.flickr.com/ph... For more on slime molds, see: www.nytimes.com/2...
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A fearsome deep-sea worm, Lepidonotopodium piscesae. From the Encyclopedia of Life
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A female praying mantis dines on her mate. Photo by Catherine Chalmers.
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A venomous eyelash viper (Bothriechiss schlegeli). Part of Joel Sartore's beautiful biodiversity project: www.joelsartore.c...
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