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A fossil of Mesopaleaster clarki, an extinct starfish of the Devonian Era, from the collection of the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, N.Y., on Dec. 17, 2025. A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research. (Kristian Thacker/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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