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A New Way to Study Extinct Animals’ Diets
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A one-size-fits-all assumption for analyzing ancient plant-eating mammals’ diets has been used for decades. Museum researchers propose new models that account for body size.
New Species of Snail-Eating Snakes Discovered in Ecuador and Peru
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Modified jaws let these snakes slurp their favorite food.
Study Finds Some Malaria Parasites May Need New Names
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Researchers discover deadly malaria genus Plasmodium includes several distantly related groups.
Does Green Blood Give Some Lizards an Edge?
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Research from Curator Susan Perkins and colleagues on a toxic green bile pigment that turns lizards’ blood lime-green may have implications for human health.
After a Wet Winter, Tracking Flamingo Populations in the Andes
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A Museum conservation biologist went back for an annual survey and saw a new flamingo nesting colony in a previously dry area of the Andean plateau.
