Coronavirus infections in part of the UK quickly took center stage in the COVID-19 pandemic after researchers identified a variant of the virus that could…
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Humanity’s growing need for food is facing the space need of other species. By 2050, humans may have to clear another 3.35 million square miles…
Arctic ground squirrels can survive harsh winters with temperatures below freezing by being eight months without food. These hibernators “live at the most extreme limit…
In these waning days of December, last January seems very far away. Our family calendar for that month still speaks of what was then normal…
A new study suggests that bonobos show responsibility towards preparation partners similar to those of people working together on a task. Until now, research has…
In 2008, miners off the coast of Namibia stumbled upon a buried treasure: a sunken Portuguese ship known as Bom Jesus, which disappeared on its…
An American wild mink in Utah tested positive for coronavirus, the first wild animal found infected with the virus, researchers say. The wild mink became…
A massive tower of smoke generated by Australian wildfires in late 2019 set a new record for the loftiest and largest fire-spawned thunderstorms ever measured.…
The fossil of a chicken-sized, meat eater from Brazil that had a mane of fluffy filaments and a pair of stiff, ribbon-like streamers emerging from…
Baikal seals are fans of bite-sized portions, and this dietary quirk may be why the seals are thriving. Found in Russia’s immense Lake Baikal, the…