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Lucy’s Legacy: Celebrating the 48th Anniversary of Her Discovery with a Selfie

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How Leafcutter Ants and Other Culinary Creatures Prepare a Feast

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This November, Be Thankful for Specialty Spirits and Ancient Sea Monsters

A group of several bison with dark fur traverses a light green colored landscape of grasslands as rays of late afternoon light stream through several gold-tinged clouds. In the distance are more bison and the horizon is framed by distant mountains.

For the Love of the Buffalo

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