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Earth is teeming with life: Creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many …

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged …

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the Sun sets …

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a …

The next time you stub your toe, get pricked with a needle, or have your fingers jammed in …

The deep sea is cold, dark, and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail …

The mushrooms spread out on the chopping board seemed normal enough. They were rich and dense, and had …

A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. …

In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia, where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, …

A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, …