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Some 30 years ago, Apolo Heringer, a Brazilian public health doctor, was participating in a night fishing trip with residents ...

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Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive ...