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Latest Articles

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Bats

People keep trespassing near cave filled with bats infected by Ebola’s cousin

The Marburg virus disease can reach a nearly 90 percent mortality rate.

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Birds

How to tell eagle parents Jackie and Shadow apart

Jackie looks stern, while Shadow looks a bit more surprised.

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Endangered Species

Earth’s largest otters have chocolate bar-sized babies

Chester Zoo celebrates the birth of giant otter triplets.

Norwegian lundehund dog one ear up one down in front of handlers legs.
Dogs

The rarest dog breed in the United States is a puffin hunter

Meet the Norwegian lundehund.

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Social Media

Does deleting social media make you happier or lonelier? Short answer: It depends.

The research isn’t one-size-fits-all.

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Dogs

How to tell if your dog is in pain

And what to do if they are.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. This was the site of the chemical experiment uncovering diverse organic molecules on Mars, in the Glen Torridon region, which scientists believe was a site where ancient conditions would have been favorable to supporting life, if it ever was present.
Mars

Curiosity rover finds signs of ancient life on Mars

Martian clay may have held water billions of years ago.