'Bizarre' new mammal discovered
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A new species of elephant shrew is discovered in Tanzania, scientists report.
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A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the remote northeastern region of India, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
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Paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile in northeastern China, a study released Monday said.
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SCIENTISTS have discovered a new species of flightless bird on a remote island in the Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said yesterday.
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Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey.
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The species found in the mountains of Indonesia may be new to science, but not to Sherlock Holmes.
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A new fossil discovery from China shows that a tiny squirrel-like creature glided through the air during the age of dinosaurs, more than 75 million years earlier than scientists had documented that ability in a mammal.
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THE DISCOVERY: A University of Pittsburgh geology student on a field trip stumbles across the fossil of an oversized, salamander-like creature that lived about 300 million years ago.
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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 combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia's Papua province said Monday they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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China has uncovered the  skeletal remains of a gigantic, surprisingly bird-like  dinosaur, which has been classed as a new species.
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Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a heretofore unknown species of dwarf people, dubbed Homo floresiensis.
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Remains of a dinosaur the size of a double-decker bus have been recognised as belonging to a new species.
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A spectacularly quirky creature with long, curved spines protruding from its armored body prowled the ocean floor half a billion years ago near the dawn of complex life forms on Earth, scientists said.
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A giant rodent thought to be new to science is discovered in a remote mountainous area of Indonesia.
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Paleontologists have discovered a new  small gliding reptile in 220 million-year-old sediments of a quarry on the Virginia-North Carolina border. The new creature is named Mecistotrachelos apeoros, meaning &quot;soaring, long-necked&quot; and is about the size of a blue jay from head to tail.
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The fossilised skull of a one-tonne rodent - the largest ever discovered - is described by scientists.