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The animal world is still awesome: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
Some tropical frogs may be developing resistance to a fungus that has devastated species like _Atelopus varius_, the variable harlequin frog.Brian Gratwicke/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that – for them – exemplified 2018.

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