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What is an endemic species?

What is an endemic species? An endemic species occurs in only one geographic location. A species could be endemic to a forest. A species could be endemic to an island. This video gives examples of endemic species: Endemic species featured in the video: Key points…

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From New Zealand, meet the tuatara!

Tuataras look like lizards, but they are the last living members of an ancient group of reptiles called sphenodonts.  Stewart Nimmo, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Today tuataras live only in New Zealand, but their sphenodont relatives used to live all over the…

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