New shrew-like mammal found in Tanzania
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A new type of shrew-like creature with a snout similar to an elephant's trunk has been found in the mountains of Tanzania, the first new species of the mammal found since the 19th century, scientists said.
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A bizarre hairless rodent living underground in Africa may offer clues about the links between stress and human infertility, scientists said on Monday.
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By Rhona Ganguly; Emma Pinch  Britain's most endangered mammal has been discovered thriving in many of Birmingham's urban watercourses.
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Scientists have found the remains of a creature that may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes and humans.
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Scientists have discovered a fish that imitates the extraterrestrial beast of the âAlienâ series: it possesses a second set of jaws.
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Barely bigger than Rhode Island, the forests of Tanzania contain the highest density of endangered animals anywhere on earth.
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For the first time, great apes have been observed making and using tools to hunt mammals, say researchers who documented chimpanzees hunting other primates in Africa.
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Researchers reported for the first time last week that they have found the virus in a nonprimate species â bats.
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Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a heretofore unknown species of dwarf people, dubbed Homo floresiensis.
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Two previously unknown types of meat-eating dinosaur have been identified from Sahara desert fossils.
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SPACE.com / Three new species of an ancient marine reptile, including a pregnant fossil, were recently discovered by University of Alberta paleontologists&mdash;under a pingpong table.
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Scientists in Uruguay have found the  fossil remains of a 2,000 pound (1,000 kg) rodent that lived 2  million to 4 million years ago -- the largest rodent ever  found.
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Looking like a fanged flying squirrel, the newfound mammal species glided 70 million years before any other, and maybe even before birds, a new study says.
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Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a species of dwarf people, dubbed Homo floresiensis.
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Experts believe a sore tooth may have led a Tanzanian lion to go on a human killing spree instead of hunting buffalo.
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Scientists believe they have found two new undocumented mammals -- a pygmy possum and a giant rat -- in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia's Papua province, a conservation group said.
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Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly to help it stick to rocks, WWF International said Tuesday.