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New Paper Hopes To Help Classify A 50-Million-Year-Old Fish Species That Has Confused Scientists For Over 200 Years
In some cases, it is easy to determine what the animal is and the fossil can be studied to try to learn more about the ...
'It seems so crazy.' Another tropical fish rescued from Orleans oyster farm
For Orleans oyster farmers Tim Silva and Danielle Orcutt, it was unusual to find a tropical fish last month. How many have ...
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Scientists Reveal Rare 450-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Preserved in Glittering Fool’s Gold
Parry, a paleobiologist at the University of Oxford in England, tells CNN’s Katie Hunt. “Preservation in pyrite of this kind ...
From Jungle To The World's Fish Tanks: Colombia's Booming Aquarium Trade
Every day, local fishermen visit Ernesto Rojas to sell him small, colorful fish plucked from rivers in the Colombian jungle that end up in aquariums around the world. The septuagenarian has dedicated ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Five Fascinating Facts About the Arapaima, the Largest Freshwater Fish in South America
Arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America—and a keystone species in the Amazon River ecosystem.