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Glowing Blue Spider Among Over 70 Stunning New Species Discovered On Remote Angolan PlateauA extraordinary bright blue and black spider with electric blue patches on its black body.Glowing Blue Spider Among Over 70 Stunning New Species Discovered On Remote Angolan PlateauA extraordinary bright blue and black spider with electric blue patches on its black body.

Glowing Blue Spider Among Over 70 Stunning New Species Discovered On Remote Angolan Plateau

Many of the species recorded have not been seen in Angola before, and some of them are completely new species.

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There’s Something In The Fog! Scientists Discover Distinct Ecosystems Living In Earth’s Spookiest Weather Phenomenontrees and the sun are barely visible through dense fog

There’s Something In The Fog! Scientists Discover Distinct Ecosystems Living In Earth’s Spookiest Weather Phenomenon

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One Cockroach’s Surprise Appearance During A 38-Year-Old Man’s Colonoscopya cockroach sits in a generated image of a colonoscopy to look like it's in the colon

One Cockroach’s Surprise Appearance During A 38-Year-Old Man’s Colonoscopy

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All-Female Fish Should Have Gone Extinct Without Males Thousands Of Years Ago – But Haven’t, Thanks To Nifty GeneticsA man stares through a clear fish tank with two small fish at the top

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All-Female Fish Should Have Gone Extinct Without Males Thousands Of Years Ago – But Haven’t, Thanks To Nifty GeneticsA man stares through a clear fish tank with two small fish at the top
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All-Female Fish Should Have Gone Extinct Without Males Thousands Of Years Ago – But Haven’t, Thanks To Nifty Genetics

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Meet Earl Grey, The Rare Hybrid Sea Turtle Successfully Returned To The Atlantic After Being Rescued From Colder WatersEarl Grey makes his return to the Atlantic Ocean on May 28.

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Meet Earl Grey, The Rare Hybrid Sea Turtle Successfully Returned To The Atlantic After Being Rescued From Colder WatersEarl Grey makes his return to the Atlantic Ocean on May 28.
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Meet Earl Grey, The Rare Hybrid Sea Turtle Successfully Returned To The Atlantic After Being Rescued From Colder Waters

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Frozen In Time For Over 30,000 Years, Cave Lion Mummies Reveal A Legacy Of Interbreeding With Modern Lions During The Ice AgeA frozen cave lion cub named Sparta, which has been radiocarbon dated to ca 32,000 years before present and genetically identified as a female. Sparta was found in 2018 in Belaya Gora, near the Indigirka River in northeastern Siberia, and her genome was sequenced as part of this study

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Frozen In Time For Over 30,000 Years, Cave Lion Mummies Reveal A Legacy Of Interbreeding With Modern Lions During The Ice AgeA frozen cave lion cub named Sparta, which has been radiocarbon dated to ca 32,000 years before present and genetically identified as a female. Sparta was found in 2018 in Belaya Gora, near the Indigirka River in northeastern Siberia, and her genome was sequenced as part of this study
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Frozen In Time For Over 30,000 Years, Cave Lion Mummies Reveal A Legacy Of Interbreeding With Modern Lions During The Ice Age

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Crab-Hunting Octopuses Gazing Into Mirrors Demonstrate A Kind Of Spatial Awareness Thought To Be Unique To VertebratesClose-up image of Odysseus’s first encounter with a mirror, interacting with the object. (This was the very first pilot octopus in the study)

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Crab-Hunting Octopuses Gazing Into Mirrors Demonstrate A Kind Of Spatial Awareness Thought To Be Unique To VertebratesClose-up image of Odysseus’s first encounter with a mirror, interacting with the object. (This was the very first pilot octopus in the study)
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Crab-Hunting Octopuses Gazing Into Mirrors Demonstrate A Kind Of Spatial Awareness Thought To Be Unique To Vertebrates

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Masturbation Among Birds Is Widespread, Natural, And Should Not Be Punished, Say ScientistsA close up photo of a white polar owl. The bird has its beak open and its head tilted back in a way that makes it look like it is shocked or has been caught doing something it shouldn't be doing.

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Masturbation Among Birds Is Widespread, Natural, And Should Not Be Punished, Say ScientistsA close up photo of a white polar owl. The bird has its beak open and its head tilted back in a way that makes it look like it is shocked or has been caught doing something it shouldn't be doing.
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Masturbation Among Birds Is Widespread, Natural, And Should Not Be Punished, Say Scientists

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Why Hurricanes Can’t Cross The Equator, No Matter How Powerful They GetA Hurricane view from space, as seen by a satellite.

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Why Hurricanes Can’t Cross The Equator, No Matter How Powerful They GetA Hurricane view from space, as seen by a satellite.
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Why Hurricanes Can’t Cross The Equator, No Matter How Powerful They Get

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Scientists’ Remote Cameras Snap “The Ghost Of The Forest” Somewhere They Haven't Been Seen For Over 5 Yearsa black and white image shows a bongo exploring the trees at night

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Scientists’ Remote Cameras Snap “The Ghost Of The Forest” Somewhere They Haven't Been Seen For Over 5 Yearsa black and white image shows a bongo exploring the trees at night
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Scientists’ Remote Cameras Snap “The Ghost Of The Forest” Somewhere They Haven't Been Seen For Over 5 Years

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415-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm The World’s Largest Scorpion Was A Meter-Long Apex Predator That May Have Hunted On Land And Underwatera huge scorpion stands by the water's edge

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415-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm The World’s Largest Scorpion Was A Meter-Long Apex Predator That May Have Hunted On Land And Underwatera huge scorpion stands by the water's edge
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415-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm The World’s Largest Scorpion Was A Meter-Long Apex Predator That May Have Hunted On Land And Underwater

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The Origin Of Euphrates River Revealed: Over 1.6 Million Years Ago, Two Rivers And Tectonic Forces Came Togetherartist impression of anatolia rivers

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The Origin Of Euphrates River Revealed: Over 1.6 Million Years Ago, Two Rivers And Tectonic Forces Came Togetherartist impression of anatolia rivers
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The Origin Of Euphrates River Revealed: Over 1.6 Million Years Ago, Two Rivers And Tectonic Forces Came Together

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World's Most Elusive Baleen Whale Washes Up After Suspected Boat Strike In SingaporeAn Omura’s whale subsurface lunge feeding

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World's Most Elusive Baleen Whale Washes Up After Suspected Boat Strike In SingaporeAn Omura’s whale subsurface lunge feeding
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World's Most Elusive Baleen Whale Washes Up After Suspected Boat Strike In Singapore

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UN Warning: The World Needs To Prepare For El Niño This Year – It Could Be A "Strong" OneSatellite sea surface temperature departure in the Pacific Ocean for the month of October 2015, where darker orange-red colors are above normal temperatures and are indicative of El Niño

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UN Warning: The World Needs To Prepare For El Niño This Year – It Could Be A "Strong" OneSatellite sea surface temperature departure in the Pacific Ocean for the month of October 2015, where darker orange-red colors are above normal temperatures and are indicative of El Niño
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UN Warning: The World Needs To Prepare For El Niño This Year – It Could Be A "Strong" One

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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Whypalaeoart showing a t rex walking in a forest clearing

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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Whypalaeoart showing a t rex walking in a forest clearing
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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Why

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Extremely Deep Below The US, Ghostly Quakes Are Shaking Up Earth’s Mantle And Surprising GeologistsLogan, Utah United States- 08 12 2023: Sunrise at White Pine Lake, Northern Utah

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Extremely Deep Below The US, Ghostly Quakes Are Shaking Up Earth’s Mantle And Surprising GeologistsLogan, Utah United States- 08 12 2023: Sunrise at White Pine Lake, Northern Utah
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Extremely Deep Below The US, Ghostly Quakes Are Shaking Up Earth’s Mantle And Surprising Geologists

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The Okavango River Begins In Angola And Ends In Botswana. It Never Reaches The SeaThe Okavango Delta, seen from space.

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The Okavango River Begins In Angola And Ends In Botswana. It Never Reaches The SeaThe Okavango Delta, seen from space.
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The Okavango River Begins In Angola And Ends In Botswana. It Never Reaches The Sea

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Why Do Some Zoos Smell Like Someone’s Smoking Weed? Just Ask The "Skunk Wolf"a maned wolf has long black legs, shaggy orange fur, and pointy black ears
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Why Do Some Zoos Smell Like Someone’s Smoking Weed? Just Ask The "Skunk Wolf"

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How Are Tornadoes Predicted When We Don't Fully Understand How They Form? We Asked The ExpertsA tornado forming over a field in Nebraska.
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How Are Tornadoes Predicted When We Don't Fully Understand How They Form? We Asked The Experts

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Many People Have No Idea What Allspice Is Made From — And The Answer May Surprise YouA spice shop
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Many People Have No Idea What Allspice Is Made From — And The Answer May Surprise You

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Could You Survive Being Sucked Into A Tornado?a woman backs away from a tornado
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Could You Survive Being Sucked Into A Tornado?

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Video: Which Animal Has The Largest Brain?A brains butt
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Video: Which Animal Has The Largest Brain?

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Video: The Ordovician Mass Extinctionan organism from the Ordovician time
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Video: The Ordovician Mass Extinction

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In 2009, A Giant Whale Carcass Was Found On The Pacific Seabed – And Scientists Watched What Happened To It Over 15 YearsA large macrourid fish takes the center stage, possibly nibbling at small invertebrates colonizing the bones. Tube worms are visible in the left colonizing the left jawbone. Those same tubeworms were first seen in 2009 when this whale fall was discovered and indicate the multi-decade persistence of the sulphophilic stage.

In 2009, A Giant Whale Carcass Was Found On The Pacific Seabed – And Scientists Watched What Happened To It Over 15 Years

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Googly-Eyed Buoy Not Scary Enough To Deter Determined Seabirds From Fishing Net FeastA bright yellow bouy floating in the water with googly eyes on top next to a wooden pole with a cormorant sat on it.

Googly-Eyed Buoy Not Scary Enough To Deter Determined Seabirds From Fishing Net Feast

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How Did Plant Species Survive The Death of The Dinosaurs? By Doubling Down, Genetically Speakingforest path with yellow flowers and trees

How Did Plant Species Survive The Death of The Dinosaurs? By Doubling Down, Genetically Speaking

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Boquila Trifoliolata Is The Only Plant We Know Of Capable Of Mimetic Polymorphism – It Can Disguise Its Leaves Differently, Depending Where It GrowsBoquila trifoliolata leaves.

Boquila Trifoliolata Is The Only Plant We Know Of Capable Of Mimetic Polymorphism – It Can Disguise Its Leaves Differently, Depending Where It Grows

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Frozen Microbes From The Distant Past Threaten To Wake Up, Ready To Infect People, Plants, And Animalsa three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of three multidrug-resistant, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.

Frozen Microbes From The Distant Past Threaten To Wake Up, Ready To Infect People, Plants, And Animals

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Nickajack Cave, “The Bat Cave Miracle”, And Why Things Can Get Hairy When Hunting Giant Catfishthe cave entrance is half submerged in water

Nickajack Cave, “The Bat Cave Miracle”, And Why Things Can Get Hairy When Hunting Giant Catfish

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NOAA Issues A Stern Warning For 2026's El Niño, Stressing It Could Bring A Dangerous "Double Whammy"Stuck cars on a flooded city street in Sarasota, Florida.

NOAA Issues A Stern Warning For 2026's El Niño, Stressing It Could Bring A Dangerous "Double Whammy"

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Frozen For 6 Million Years, The Oldest Ice Ever Recovered Is Like A Prehistoric Time Capsule Of EarthRaising the Foro Drill in Allan Hills, Antarctica during the 2022-2023 season.

Frozen For 6 Million Years, The Oldest Ice Ever Recovered Is Like A Prehistoric Time Capsule Of Earth

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Why Weren't There Any Marine Dinosaurs? A Newly Discovered Feature Of Spinosaurus Skulls May Give The Answerspinosaurus illustration showing the bone above the eye where the salt gland may have attached

Why Weren't There Any Marine Dinosaurs? A Newly Discovered Feature Of Spinosaurus Skulls May Give The Answer

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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail FeathersA incredibly well preserved fossil bird with very long tail feathers on a pale rock.

“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail Feathers

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There's A Cave In North America Where Crystals Grow Up To 11.4 Meters – But Entering Is Extremely DangerousThe silhouette of a human is dwarfed by the towering crystals.

There's A Cave In North America Where Crystals Grow Up To 11.4 Meters – But Entering Is Extremely Dangerous

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This "Rainbow Island" Is A Geologist's Disneyland – Unfortunately, It's Right In The Middle Of The Strait Of Hormuzaerial view of Hormuz Island, a rocky island stained red by ocher

This Rainbow Island Is A Geologist's Disneyland – Unfortunately, It's In The Middle Of The Strait Of Hormuz

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“Happy-Face” Spiders Were Thought Only To Exist In Hawaii. Now, A New Species Has Been Discovered 12,000 Kilometers AwayLeft: Full view of a female Theridion himalayana, a small spider with a mostly green body, except for a smiley face pattern on its abdomen. Right: A closer view of the smiley face pattern.

“Happy-Face” Spiders Were Thought Only To Exist In Hawaii. Now, A New Species Has Been Discovered 12,000 Kilometers Away

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The Bizarre Life Cycle Of These Mites Includes Sibling Mating, Cannibalism, And Death – All In Just 4 DaysA colorful image of lots of different species of mites on a black background.

The Bizarre Life Cycle Of These Mites Includes Sibling Mating, Cannibalism, And Death – All In Just 4 Days

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