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This Glob of Jelly Is a Pong Pro

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Miners Accidentally Find Ancient Woolly Rhino

south american lungfish lepidosiren paradoxa

This lame fish has longest animal DNA chain ever

dinosaur fossil tyrannosaurus rex found by archaeologists

Heavy Rains Uncover World's Oldest Dinosaur Fossil

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hammerhead flat worm, bipalium sp, land planarian family, geoplanidae, kinabalu national park, unesco nature world heritage site, sabah, borneo, malaysia

A Worm From Hell Is Invading Texas

ai brain

Scientists Control Mice Using Magnetic Fields

naracoorte caves, south australia an archeologist brushes soil from fossils at an excavation site

‘Taco Fish' Is One of the First Animals With Jaws

artwork of the tundra mammoth

This Mammoth Chromosome Model Is a Game Changer

young nile crocodile

This Mummified Croc Stomach Holds Egyptian Secrets

crow perched on a tree branch

Crows Can Count Out Loud Like Toddlers

giant african black millipede

Giant Millipede, Gone for 126 Years, Rediscovered

bison with sunset sky

Can This Biotech Company Save the American Bison?

hippopotamus, kwando river, caprivi strip, namibia

Researchers: Hippos Can Fly

close up of butterfly pollinating on pink flower

This Butterfly Can Fly 2,600 Miles Nonstop

baby white rhinoceros and mother ceratotherium simum south africa

Turning Rhino Horns Radioactive Could Save Them

construction site adding lime to cement

Want Stronger Cement? Oysters Have the Answer.

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x and y chromosomes in cell

Y Chromosome Is Evolving Rapidly Among Great Apes

catalog number usnm pal 57628, a fossilized pikaia gracilens specimen in a slab of burgess shale from the paleobiology collections at the smithsonian institution national museum of natural history in washington, dc

Study Offers Upside-Down Look on 'First Chordate'

trail of bright light in box

The Third Form of Life's Energy-Making Secret

monkey sunset

This Hominid Could be the Smallest Great Ape Ever

long tailed pangolin phataginus tetradactyla, mangamba, littoral province, cameroon

Rolly Mammal Seen Home For First Time in 24 Years

horse farm

Humans Domesticated the Horse Twice, Study Finds

pressure ridges and crevasse scar the surface of a glacier on the greenland ice sheet

Study Find Giant Viruses on Greenland Ice Sheet

fisherman against fantasy monster

A Colossal Squid Might Have Shown Its Secret Face

close up of cuckoo perching on wood

The Cuckoo Is Evolving to Outsmart Host Species

transformation

Instability Could Be Necessary Rule of Biology

american bison at sunrise

How a Small Bison Herd Makes a Big Climate Impact

black footed ferret reintroduction

Can Cloning Bring This Ferret Back from the Brink?

a branching orange and purple tree coral perched on a shelf on a reef

Scientists Are Building a Noah’s Ark for Corals

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A New Study Unveils ‘Twisters’ Inside Egg Cells

two spot octopus octopus bimaculoides, also known as the "bimac octopus", is an octopus species that lives off the coast of california south into mexico

What To Do When Your Pet Octopus Has 50 Hatchlings

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Can Frozen Cells Save the Northern White Rhino?

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brown hyaena skull showing large canine and incisor teeth adapted to tearing flesh and breaking bones hyaena brunnea

Two New Fossils Unlock Mammal Mysteries

night in asia

This Tiger Was Declared Extinct. It May Be Back.

white dove flying from hand, blue background

A Genetic Discovery Changed Bird Evolution

dairy cow

A Transgenic Cow Produces Milk With Human Insulin

close up of fish swimming in sea,mayotte

49 Killer Whales Are Reshaping the Ocean

marco polo sheep skull in tajikistan

Rancher Used Exotic DNA to Create a Super Sheep

nematode vinegar eel turbatrix aceti phylum aschelminthes 50x

Chernobyl Worms Seem to Have Conquered Radiation

portrait of a pig

A Newly Created Superpig Is Here to Save Our Bacon

a red squid in water

Scientists Just Discovered 100 New Life Forms

howhling wolves

The Wolves of Chernobyl Have Evolved

illustration of prehistoric land and water fossils and species

A Feast for the (Geologic) Ages

close up of a cobweb with dew, idyllic landscape and fog during sunrise in the morning

Spiderwebs Are a Lifeline for Endangered Species