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This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...