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• A Plant-Filled Planet

  

  Plants shaped the surface of Earth, affecting the oceans and climate of our planet as they began to appear 470 million years ago.

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• Spider Mating

  

  Male spiders will go to extraordinary measures to avoid being eaten after mating.

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• Blurry Spider Vision

  

  Scientists have now brought jumping spiders' blurry vision into focus.

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• Archaeopteryx in Color

  

  Researchers have uncovered the color and flight abilities of the important dinosaur-bird.

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• Bowerbirds' Optical Illusions

  

  Ah, the trouble lovelorn males will go to to get some lovin’.

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• Claw or Nail?

  

  What's the difference between a claw and nail? Perhaps human origins!

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