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  1. Animals

    Just Duet

    Two or more birds in some species can sing with such coordination that a human listener would swear that it's just one singer. With audio files.

    By Susan Milius

  2. 19634

    This article made no mention of the Clarno fossil beds and others nearby in north-central Oregon. Everything from pollen to midsize extinct mammals has been perfectly preserved and looks exactly like freshly exposed matter, not fossil rock. The living matter was entrapped by an enormous mudslide. Herman GelbachNormandy Park, Wash.

    By Science News
  3. Paleontology

    First Steps

    Using materials as diverse as lobster eggs, dead birds, and the headless carcass of a rhinoceros, scientists are conducting experiments that scrutinize the first steps of the fossilization process.