creatures

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Earlier studies had interpreted the marks as evidence of wormlike creatures or other tiny marine animals moving through seafloor sediment during the Ediacaran period, which came just before the Cambrian explosion.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

In such cases, the creatures may be unaware of the dangers because they are preoccupied, for example, by feeding, she said.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The creatures I’m mentioning here aren’t flukes in the animal kingdom.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Until the 1960s, Ms. Horn writes, most zoologists had “studied only specimens on cold tables, or broken creatures in shackles or cages.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Then she turned and spoke to the creatures on the sands.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell