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But when it comes to their biology, the Central and South American critters are anything but boring. "Thirty percent of their body weight is just digesting, fermenting leaves," says Cliffe. "So ...

New Mexico's White Sands National Monument is a desolate place; sparse vegetation pokes up throughout its salt flats and white gypsum dunes. But the area wasn't always a barren landscape. At the end ...