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‘Ghost forests’ are spreading across US coastal regions

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san francisco bay area golden gate bridge
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Narwhal tusks are full of illuminating secrets
Animals

Narwhal tusks are full of illuminating secrets

By Ellie Shechet

octopus
Animals

Octopus change color as they shift between sleep phases

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A monarch butterfly caterpillar.
Animals

As the planet warms, tropical plants and animals are moving northward

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Animals

Sperm whales have a surprisingly deep—and useful—culture

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Greenland's ice sheet
Army

How a top-secret nuclear project became a gold mine for data on Greenland’s ice sheet

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Male blue ghost fireflies in a forest in North Carolina
Animals

Firefly tourism has a surprising dark side

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Hawadax Island in Alaska
Animals

How scientists helped Alaska’s “Rat Island” shake off its namesake rodents

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Animals

Animals are better at social distancing than we’ll ever be

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ferns
Biology

Conservation and ecology research tackles global issues without global input

By Ellie Shechet

a coral reef
Biology

What underwater sounds can tell us about the state of coral reefs

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microbes being sent into Earth's atmosphere.
Biology

Some of Earth’s tiniest living things could survive on Mars

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Psittacosaurus reconstruction
Archaeology

This fossilized butthole gives us a rare window into dinosaur sex

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