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AUSTIN, Texas — A North American river otter was spotted last month at the backyard of a house on Lake Austin. According to viewer Chad McCall, the animal was spotted the night of Saturday, March 7, ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures ...