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As new variants continue to emerge, there is growing evidence that global warming could influence transmission of the virus ...
The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small ...
Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...
From lightning that never stops to lakes that mummify birds, explore 7 of the weirdest natural phenomena on Earth you’ve ...
The Nazca lived between 100 B.C. and A.D. 800 in what scientists call a tropical desert. Yet just offshore, the sea teemed ...
A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking an epic migration, according to new research. These "unsung heroes" called ...
The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...
Besides a very good dog named Krypto, James Gunn’s “Superman” gives us a five-star Lois Lane thanks to Rachel Brosnahan.
Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...
Shark diver Andriana Fragola shared a video of her digging a crab out of her hair after going on a dive. "One of the most ...
These images, by The Sydney Morning Herald photo editor Danielle Smith, capture the “creme de la creme” of humpback whale ...
In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...