Science has helped us make sense of some of the freakiest things about life on Earth, and more amazing discoveries are made every day. This book takes readers o

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A look at the new species of animals and plant that scientists discovered around the world, including a monkey the size of a finger, a whale nobody has ever see

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Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna