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Some 252 million years ago, it was a disastrous time to be alive. Erupting supervolcanoes destabilized ecosystems, plunging the planet’s...

Some numbers are odd:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 …Some are even:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,...

When Jace Tunnell spotted what appeared to be a leg on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline in Texas, he thought...

Yulia the endangered seal did not seem phased by the rockets from Gaza, let alone the missiles heading in the...

Joro spiders are the size of your palm. They weave webs up to three feet across, and for the past...

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Thursday in favor of approving a vaccine by Pfizer...

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Credit...Andrew Spear for The New York TimesIf a bird is not in a forest and there is no one to...

If there’s new hope, it’s blurry. What’s certain: the roller coaster tale of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a majestic bird whose...

Our understanding of birds has been profoundly shaped by the work of everyday people. After all, anyone can step outside...