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Meet India's starry dwarf frog, lone member of newly discovered ancient lineage

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How to take a census of Earth's biodiversity? One team of researchers has a plan

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Study shows unusual microbes hold clues to early life

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Machine learning helps predict worldwide plant conservation priorities

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New machine learning method predicts additions to global list of threatened plant species

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Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery

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Gut microbes' role in mammals' evolution starts to become clearer

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Moths with larger hindwings and longer tails are best at deflecting bats

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Scale is a key ingredient when tracking biodiversity, researchers say

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At last, butterflies get a bigger, better evolutionary tree

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