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Worms and Dogs Thrive in Chernobyl’s Radioactive Zone — and Scientists are Intrigued
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of 1986 transformed a once-thriving region of Ukraine into a radioactive wasteland ...
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New Worm Lizard Species Just Dropped – And It Looks Thoroughly Bizarre
There, a team found multiple specimens of a worm lizard (more formally known as amphisbaenians, a group of legless lizards) ...
Worms at Chernobyl Appear Mysteriously Unscathed by Radiation
Microscopic worms that live their lives in the highly radioactive environment of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) appear to ...
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Pectinereis strickrotti, a newly discovered deep-sea worm (IMAGE)
Caption A live male specimen of the new species of deep-sea worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti after the lead Alvin pilot, Bruce Strickrott of WHOI who helped discover it. Its feathery appendages ...
World’s rarest whale had never been dissected — until now. Here’s what was discovered
Spade-toothed whales, a type of beaked whale, were first discovered in 1874 after a jaw bone was found in New Zealand’s ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world's rarest whale died from head injuries
Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries ...
India Today on MSN6d
A tiny organism is mysteriously repairing its DNA to defy death in Chernobyl
Researchers led by Sophia Tintori from New York University collected specimens of the nematode species Oscheius tipulae from ...
NBC Washington11d
New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world's rarest whale died from head injuries
The scientific team found the specimen had nine stomach chambers containing remnants of squid and parasitic worms, the statement said. Among the more interesting finds were tiny vestigial teeth in ...