taxonomy
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Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird
Waddling, wriggling, ambling, digging, laying eggs. There’s no shortage of verbiage when it comes to describing monotremata — the taxonomic order made up of only two animals, the platypus and the echidna. Rattling off the numerous weird traits of these creatures is trope in news coverage — and it’s near impossible to avoid, since they…
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Newly Named Titanosaur Was The Largest Land Animal Our Planet Has Ever Seen
Four years after six specimens were discovered in Argentina, scientists have finally given a name to what is now considered the largest animal to ever have walked the Earth. Say hello to Patagotitan mayorum — a Cretaceous-era dinosaur that weighed an astonishing 69,000kg.
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Moth With Scaly Head And Weird Dick Named In Honour Of Donald Trump
After becoming President, Barack Obama had a number of species named in his honour. Donald Trump, however, has managed to do him one better, finding an animal namesake days before his inauguration in Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, a tiny moth species distinguished by its yellow, scale-covered forehead and “unique genitalia”.