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• Newly discovered snakes use curved teeth to pry snails from their shells

  12 July 2018

  

   

• Meet the newest New World canopy beetle species. ‘Gazillions’ await discovery.

  31 January 2018

  

   

• New species of bright-yellow water frog discovered in Peru

  4 February 2015

  

   

• Where did your favorite Thanksgiving Day food originate? Anthropology has the answer

  1 November 2014

  

   

• Faithful crabs engage in risky behavior when opportunity arises

  4 September 2014

  

   

• Bolivia’s golden bat: one of six new species found by the Smithsonian’s bat detective

  7 August 2014

  

   

• Discover sloths in a whole new way!

  25 June 2014

  

   

• Primitive, bizarre, beautiful: New mite species reveal a lost world awaiting discovery

  22 May 2014

  

   

• Fiery-red coral species discovered in the Peruvian Pacific

  5 February 2014

  

   

• Ancient mummies reveal atherosclerosis is very likely just a part of aging

  9 April 2013

  

   

• Salamander DNA reveals evidence of older land connection between Central and South America

  20 March 2013

  

   

• Tiny new Peruvian opossum comes from a great big family

  22 January 2013

  

   

• Warming climate unlikely to cause near-term extinction of ancient Amazon trees, study says

  18 December 2012

  

   

• Tropical arks reach tipping point

  25 July 2012

  

   

• Report paints a new picture of early human impact on the Amazon River Basin

  15 June 2012

  

   

• Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru

  18 January 2012