An image of fossilised erythrocyte-like structures

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Photographic images of the dorsal aspect of selected live velvet worm species from the Western Cape province, South Africa (A–F). Peripatopsis balfouri s.s. from Bats Cave ravine, Cape Peninsula, Table Mountain range (A). P. palmeri sp. nov., from 22 Waterfalls, Porterville (B). P. barnardi sp. nov., from the Groot Swartberg Mountains, Little Karoo (C). P. landroskoppie sp. nov., from Landroskop (B) outside Grabouw (D). P. fernkloofi sp. nov., from Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus (E) and P. limietbergi sp. nov., from Mitchell's Pass (F). Scale bar = 10 mm.

New velvet worm species a first for the arid Karoo

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Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park

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An ice sample on the melter during continuous ice core chemical analyses in the lab (credit: Sylvain Masclin).

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The East African Rift System

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The first pandemic? Scientists find 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric DNA

Life reconstruction of Mosura fentoni, art by Danielle Dufault © ROM

Palaeontologists discover 506-million-year-old predator

Professor Long compares the trackways with a modern Iguana foot.

Fossil tracks revise march of early life on Earth

Artist’s reconstruction of the new species Litoria tylerantiqua (right) and previously described species Platyplectrum casca (left) from Murgon, south-eastern Queensland Credit: Samantha Yabsley,

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