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    Teetering Triggerfish

    Some fish always appear ready for their close-ups. Others, like this teetering triggerfish, look like you’ve just snapped a Polaroid of them in the middle of wild weekend in Las Vegas.

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    Endangered Animals Quiz

    The loss of animal species is irreversible and potentially catastrophic, not to mention heartrendingly sad. Where do we stand? Face the facts with this quiz.

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    Slow-Motion Life Discovered

    Buried for 86 million years, a bacterial community lives so sluggishly it's still surviving on a "lunch box" from dino days, a new study says.

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    Photos: First Elephant Underpass

    A corridor beneath a busy highway in northern Kenya is helping isolated elephant populations reunite, conservationists say.

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    How to Build a Dog

    Scientists have found the secret recipe behind the spectacular variety of dog shapes and sizes, and it could help unravel the complexity of human genetic disease.

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    Dog DNA Photo Gallery

    Scientists have found the secret recipe behind the spectacular variety of dog shapes and sizes, and it could help unravel the complexity of human genetic disease.