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Hundreds of Fossilized Pterosaur Eggs Uncovered in China

The Scallop Sees With Space-Age Eyes — Hundreds of Them

How a Giant Tortoise Gets Off Its Back

Shy Elk and Bold Birds Become Partners in the Wilderness

Storm Waves With the Power to Heave Massive Boulders Over Cliffs

Tracking the Elusive Whale Shark

Things Looked Bleak Until These Birds Rapidly Evolved Bigger Beaks

Seeking the Source of the Vanishing Great Salt Lake

If No One Owns the Moon, Can Anyone Make Money Up There?

Cities That Never Sleep Are Shaped by Sunrise and Sunset

‘Crazy Jigsaw Puzzles’ Improve Our Views of Coral Reefs

Shake, Rattle and Roll

An Interstellar Visitor Both Familiar and Alien

Even Whales Have to Exfoliate

Young Again: How One Cell Turns Back Time

Do Lefties Have an Advantage in Sports? It Depends

The Scuba Diving Flies of California’s Mono Lake

Cockatoos Rival Children in Shape Recognition

Tricky Cockatoos Match Shapes Better Than Primates

A Helping of Science With Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Rock Carvings of Ancient Dogs Getting Taught New Tricks

Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Reactors’ Melted Uranium Fuel

A Close-Up on Mysteries Made of Stone in Saudi Arabia’s Desert

The Chemical Reaction That Cleans Everything

Same Oceans, Similar Prey, Two Very Different Necks

How Snapdragons Beckon Bees With More Than One Color

A Population of Billions May Have Contributed to This Bird’s Extinction

‘Gene Drives’ Are Too Risky for Field Trials, Scientists Say

Chimps Tailor Alarms to What Other Chimps Know

Eleven Light-Years Away, an Earth-Size Planet That May Be Habitable

The Dream Chaser Takes Flight and Seems to Ace Its Landing

Wine From Prehistoric Georgia With an 8,000-Year-Old Vintage

Trillions of Flies Can’t All Be Bad

The Bridge Wobbles. So Do You. That’s When the Trouble Starts.

The Way the Wind Blows

Debating Whether Reptiles or Amphibians Should Be House Pets

NASA’s Rocket to Deep Space May Not Be Ready Until 2020

Dinosaurs Could Be Alive Today if the Asteroid Had Struck Somewhere Else

The Circadian Clock in Your Nose

A Very Good Dog Hunts Very Bad Ants

Wolves Beat Dogs in Teamwork Test

Wolves Know How to Work Together

Lab Chimps Are Moving to Sanctuaries — Slowly

After the Dinosaurs’ Demise, Many Mammals Seized the Day

The Cool Beginnings of a Volcano’s Supereruption

A Grecian Artifact Evokes Tales From the ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey’

Life on Mars: Return to Earth

The Humongous Fungus and the Genes That Made It That Way

How Do Cars Get So Hot?

Yellowstone Grizzlies May Soon Commingle With Northern Cousins