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Illustration of a squid emitting a glowing cloud while a submarine passes closely. Vampire Squid. Caption: but some animals use it to warn or evade predators,

Closeup side view of an ensatina salamander with a long black body with orange spots, short legs, and a long tail.

Man stands in front of a black background as he talks to us.

A bone is placed before a wolf, who staring vigilantly at fire.

Woman stands in front of a black background as she talks to us. An image next to her shows a person crouching next to a small fire as they reach a big stick into the flames.

Lots of Flypaper Traps with a bug stuck on one of them. Text reads, “Flypaper Traps, video courtesy of Deep Look - KQED. From their video ‘Cape Sundews Trap Bugs in A Sticky Situation.'”

An illustration depicts a pair of reptile like dinosaurs running in a desert. Image credit: Ceri Thomas.

Man stands in front of a black backdrop as he talks to us.

Male lion roars at us.

Colorful timeline labeled “Cenozoic Era” that starts at 66 MYA in light green to Present Day in light yellow. In the middle there is a dark green block labeled, “Eocene Epoch.”

Illustration shows an interpretation of how a hell pig would look like in the desert. The pig looks like a longer warthog with a long nose and prominent cheekbones.

A painting depicts scientists comparing Piltdown Man's remains to other species. Charles Dawson and Sir Arthur Smith Woodward are seen standing together.

Museum with large recreations of ancient mammals such as a deer, armadillo-like animal, and a rhino ancestor with a long neck and small head called a Paraceratherium. People walk at the feet of the statues.

Aerial view of a crocodile peeking its head up slightly above bright green water.

Man faces camera against a black background, gesturing with both hands out and forward.

An illustration depicts an extinct animal, the Giant Lemur.

A large group of penguins.

Woman talks to us in front of a black background like she's doing an interview.

Man talks to us in front of a black background like he's doing an interview.

White cartoon lobster with a line the same length of its tail next to it.

An illustration depicts the sinuses present in a human skull.

Diagram. Eight small strands with one or two red lines on them that represent DNA. The red lines are labeled two, six, seven, nine, ten, fourteen, fifteen, and X.” Next to the smaller strands is a bigger strand that is labeled “Twelve, NANOG, broken NANOG, pseudogenes.”

Man talks to us in a room with a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like a Gundam toy, small globe, and a model of a space rocket.

Man in glasses and zip sweatshirt parts lips in mid-speech. Bookshelves line wall in background. Title card reads, ''Cerebellum."

Bat with wings extended spots on the rib of one wing highlighted. Caption: We're interested in bat flight mechanics and how they fly.

Black butterflies with orange and white wings on a bright orange flower. Caption: (narrator) The colors signal to birds, "Don't eat me, I'm toxic."

Icons of people placed all around the world with lines connecting them to each other. Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. Caption: We've taken that research online, looking at Facebook.

Map of the world with central and southern Africa highlighted. Arrows indicate movement from there to all areas of the globe. Caption: after the first homo sapiens left Africa 100,00 years ago.

Small lizard on a hand. Caption: They are the same species but may be diverging into two.

Two monkeys in a cage. Caption: (narrator) Our language skills sets us apart from our primate cousins.

Fish with a suction cup at the mouth area holding on to a nearly vertical surface. Caption: and suction cup that holds to the surface.