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Vipers evolved either nose or eye horns depending on their habitat
The horns on vipers鈥� eyes could help camouflage their head in rocky areas or trees, while those with nose horns may blend in better on forest floors
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Haunting lemur songs have a rhythm similar to human music
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Female African elephants evolved to lose tusks due to ivory poaching
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Australia’s unusual western swamp turtle is an oddity under threat
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T. rex with feathers: China鈥檚 fossils are rewriting the dinosaur story
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Parasite evolution is making it harder to detect and treat malaria
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Some animals are evolving new body shapes as the climate changes
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Rapidly evolving bits of DNA helped develop the human brain
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Thieving honeybees offer a glimpse of flowers鈥� evolutionary origins
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Artificially stripped-back cell is still able to rapidly evolve
An artificial 鈥渕inimal cell鈥� that has had all but the most essential genes stripped out can evolve and adapt to its surroundings just as fast as a normal cell
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Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its modern relatives
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Snakes evolved venom fangs multiple times from wrinkles in their teeth
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Two groups of whales evolved massive heads for different reasons
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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago
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