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A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae. Acanthochitona feroxa is a spiky, armored sea creature that genetic analysis ...

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A group of scientists recently announced that they had discovered a new species of dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the Sahara Desert Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at ...

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CHICAGO -- During a journey that could be the plot of an adventure novel, paleontologists discovered the fossils of a new dinosaur species in the vast Sahara Desert. "It was the expedition of a ...