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HELENA, Mont. (AP) | Scientists searching for Yellowstone National Park's lesser-known life-forms -- beyond its famed bison, bears and wolves -- found more than 1,200 species, including several not known to exist in the park.

A one-day study of the park in late August found microscopic worms, mushrooms, a bluish-green lichen, a slender grass and a colorful tiger beetle, among other creatures, in about two square miles of Yellowstone, according to initial results released this week.