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Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that could be teaming up with bacteria to thrive off gas bubbling from the seafloor ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

New footage from Hawaiian waters shows something that should be impossible: unlikely companions sharing dinner without any ...

Case in point is my fondness for Ginkgo trees, the oldest living tree species in the world.  Back in my university days I ...

New DNA and protein studies reveal the Dragon Man skull is Denisovan, rewriting the story of early human evolution in Asia.

Big islands mean big opportunities to find somewhere magical, all for yourself. To those who think the world has been “done”, this will make you think again.

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are ...

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A Florida State University ecology and evolutionary biologist has discovered that the reproductive methods of individual ...

Illinois’ nearly extinct prairie chicken and Chicago’s famous piping plovers, Monty and Rose, are among the highlights of the ‘Winging It’ show.

A young female bear caused a stir after wandering out of the forest and into the leafy suburbs of the Lithuanian capital. For two days, the brown bear ambled through the ...