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After molting, this giant mantis shrimp became more aggressive, more exposed, and far more dangerous. With its shell removed and defenses down, every movement turned tense inside the tank.

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When filmmakers slipped a robot crab into a real crab aggregation, they expected curiosity. What they captured instead was a ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

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From taking on Dark Souls to those born of blood, Snail Shell debuts their new RPG-09 Pot Mimic 1/12 Scale Action Figure ...