creature
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Each illustration features something with a motor or an alien creature that qualifies as transport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The underwater vehicle was coasting about six feet above the ocean floor, two miles deep, when a pinkish, mysterious creature swam into its camera’s sights, drawing gasps in the research vessel floating at the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
"There will be painstaking work in cleaning the fossil and preparing it for a marine specialist who will be able to find out more about the creature."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Another Outback creature, commonly found in the Northern Territory, is the buffalo.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The creature spoke again, this time in English.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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"The thought that all of these beautiful creatures and habitats could be compromised as superpowers slug it out for supremacy is sobering."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
This is the sixth wave of the creatures in the nesting season, which started in March.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills, and once an anteater.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Detainees have reported worm-like creatures in their drinking water, launched hunger strikes, and signed onto class-action lawsuits in recent months, decrying poor food, sanitation and medical care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
As a result, their caretakers and fellow creatures give them a wide berth, which only makes them more lonely, mistrustful, and snappish than before.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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