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Meet the grasshopper that has reproduced asexually for a quarter of a million years—without acquiring undue numbers of harmful mutations.

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Researchers Identify 14 New Shrew Species 

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“Dragon Man” May Replace Neanderthal as Our Closest Relative

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Previously Unknown Beaked Whale Species Spotted off Mexico

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Proposed Deep-Sea Mining Zone Harbors Previously Unknown Species

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