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Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Cozumel Dwarf Fox

This image of a dwarf gray fox (Urocyon sp.) was captured on the island of Cozumel, Mexico: an adult male is shown partially concealed behind foliage before capture by the FundaciΓ³n de Parques y Museos de Cozumel on September 14, 2023; this represents the first photograph ever taken of the species on the island and the first reported sighting since 2001. Image credit: Rafael ChacΓ³n.

Researchers have obtained the first-ever photographs of the Cozumel dwarf fox (Urocyon sp.), an elusive dwarf fox living on the Caribbean island of Cozumel, off Mexico’s YucatΓ‘n Peninsula. Captured in September 2023, the images provide the first confirmed evidence since 2001 that the elusive animal still survives on the island.

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When Food Runs Short, This Single-Celled Organism Turns into Giant Cannibal to Survive

Euplotes gigatrox. Image credit: Ben Larson & Samuel Lord.

Euplotes gigatrox, a new species of ciliate collected from a seawater filtration system on the Caribbean Island of CuraΓ§ao, can transform into a cannibalistic β€˜supergiant,’ raising new questions about the complexity of life at the microscopic scale.

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