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Sea urchins might not be as simple as once thought. New study finds that their entire body may be their brain.
Maybe we aren't as smart as we think we are.
Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.
This lifeform’s extraordinary biology could hold the key to anti-aging breakthroughs.
Some of the most miraculous survival stories come from the animal kingdom. While often harrowing, these tales reveal the ...
Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the ...
A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first animals were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. The discovery relies on ...
A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...
From frozen mountain ranges to swamps, deserts, forests, and open coastlines, the United States is home to an extraordinary ...
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