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12-16-2025
This invasive ant species is colonizing and destroying entire buildings
These invasive ants slip through gaps you barely notice. Then...
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12-16-2025
Ants are more vulnerable to invading parasites in hotter climates
At first glance, ants look tiny and simple. But when...
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12-16-2025
Juvenile manta rays act as mobile habitats for schools of fish
Along Florida’s Atlantic coast, juvenile manta rays glide through shallow,...
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12-16-2025
Plastic pollution has reached one of Earth’s most isolated insects
Antarctica often feels like the last place plastic pollution could...
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12-15-2025
Cats communicate more through purrs than meows
Cats live inches from our daily lives, yet much of...
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12-15-2025
New sponge species is so strange it was given the name 'magnificent alien'
Far below the Pacific waves, nearly 6,560 feet down, a...
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12-15-2025
This shark fits in your pocket and glows in the dark
At just 5.5 inches long, the American pocket shark is...
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12-15-2025
Borrowed DNA helped warblers evolve vivid colors
Wood warblers stop people in their tracks. They flash yellow,...
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12-15-2025
Raccoons know which city roads aren’t worth crossing
Raccoons in St. Louis's Forest Park are quietly telling scientists...
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12-15-2025
Birds rely on internal clocks that are increasingly being disrupted
Life on Earth follows natural time patterns. Changes in light,...
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12-14-2025
Sea cows have maintained seagrass meadows for over 20 million years
In the desert of Qatar, scientists uncovered a fossil graveyard...
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12-14-2025
New pumpkin toadlet discovered in the mountains is the size of a pencil tip
Researchers have recently described a new bright-orange pumpkin toadlet, Brachycephalus...
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