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A new species of tarantula found scurrying around the forests of Thailand shimmers with dazzling blue highlights. Its discoverers have named the beastie Chilobrachys natanicharum, and say it’s the first tarantula ever identified living in Thailand’s mangroves. Findings like these highlight the value of preserving these natural habitats, where unique species have carved out small
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The fossilized skull of a 455-million-year-old fish reveals an anatomy that’s completely new to the study of vertebrates, bridging a knowledge gap of 100 million years. Insights gained from studying the Ordovician jawless fish, Eriptychius americanus, suggest the early development of the vertebrate brain’s protective dome was more complex than scientists thought. “This fills a