Remove Xantus's murrelet
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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Our methods have changed over time — Linneaus, for example, chose not to classify bats among birds — but now, detailed molecular analyses can confound even the most comprehensive and rigorous morphology-based hypotheses, not to mention “obvious&# groupings. The proposal from U.S.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans.