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Ground sloths and an American mastodon can be seen in this illustration of megafauna
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Some Plants Are Still Making Fleshy Fruit to Attract Extinct Megafauna

by Mark RMay 1, 2021June 12, 2021
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Bright orange male and drab female guppies of the species Poecilia reticulata
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Why Wild Male Guppies are Orange

by Mark RApril 30, 2021June 8, 2021
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Fallow deer (Dama dama) in the snow at Klaarfontein Guest Farm
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How Terrestrial Animals Survive in Very Cold Climates

by Mark RApril 4, 2021June 8, 2021
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What Gives Chrysina Beetles their Metallic Appearance?

by Mark RJanuary 23, 2015May 26, 2021
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