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“Amphibians and Reptiles”

Mar 25, 2013 02:05 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Moms of this worm-like creature grow an extra layer of fat-rich skin and their young scrape it off and eat it as they're growing. ->
Mar 18, 2013 03:07 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Scientists have revived the genome of an extinct Australian frog that gave birth through its mouth. ->
Feb 15, 2013 10:13 AM ET // Tim Wall
Frogs in West Africa have remained isolated from an otherwise global plague, the chytrid fungus, that has driven some amphibians to extinction. ->
Apr 20, 2011 11:21 AM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Meet "Hammer-Biter," a newly discovered marsupial that lived 10 to 17 million years ago and had hammer-like teeth.
Sep 21, 2012 02:10 PM ET // Lori Cuthbert
Could there be a version of the Loch Ness Monster living in a Siberian Lake? Some think so.
Jan 7, 2013 01:49 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
The toothy beast was a marine crocodile that looked part shark and part sinister dolphin.
Sep 19, 2011 06:34 PM ET // Tim Wall
The snake wranglers made sure the anaconda couldn't escape with its mouth taped, which would have been a death sentence for an animal with no appendages.
Aug 23, 2011 06:00 PM ET // Tim Wall
The estimate also comes with a price tag for describing all these Earth species, most of which are still unknown: $364 billion.
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