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A Florida hunter who shot the big cat in Tanzania can keep the carcass, despite its threatened status https://t.co/Wf7VcTRujs

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The new pterosaur once soared over the heads of dinosaurs with a wingspan that stretched at least 16 feet https://t.co/ZDoyatNcl3

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The Eurasian wryneck was once thought to wield magical powers. Though it can't put a spell on you, it does have a few tricks up its sleeve https://t.co/Xl21Otqz9L

Sylvia’s leaf frog had been mislabeled for over 90 years—until Andrew Gray figured out it was a species all its own https://t.co/fut2f4chSw

The world's most widely used insecticide has been linked to the dramatic decline in songbirds in North America https://t.co/rPYdo2kD9G

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