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A parasite that has the potential to devastate livestock — and infect humans — is less than 100 miles of the U.S. as it ...

A research team has developed a new approach to detecting life beyond Earth that does not rely on identifying specific ...

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Over four decades, the Alien franchise has brought many different versions of the xenomorph creature to theaters.

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When the bottom-dwelling worms of Denmark’s fjords rise up in summer to spawn, they are predated by the resident jellyfish.

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If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...

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It may resemble a cross between some sort of bizarre alien plant and a funky Christmas decoration, but this is neither. This ...

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