A 13-foot python. A 23-foot crocodile. Saber-toothed cats and mammoths. These aren’t creatures from some far-flung corner of prehistoric Africa or South America. They once lived on Taiwan — the same ...

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Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Voters in the Triangle will see a wide range of federal, state and local races on their ...