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For an alternative to the fast-paced capital and its crowded tourist haunts, consider the country’s small towns, shaped by ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these networks form.

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

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The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

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A one-foot-long juvenile squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich islands. The footage is ...

I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

Yes, there are more birds singing at this time of year. But their symphony is also louder and more energetic than ever—and ...