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A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

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Scientists can’t know for sure how long titanosaurs lived, but based on large land animals living today ... North America and ...

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There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...