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Drugged, Castrated, Eager to Mate: the Lives of Fungi-Infected Cicadas

NASA to Announce New Mission Live: Titan Drone or Comet Chaser?

How Do You Talk to Children About Climate Change?

This World Is a Simmering Hellscape. They’ve Been Watching Its Explosions.

Unleashed, Robo-Insect Takes Flight

A Right Whale Grandmother Dies

Mars Released a Puff of Gas. Now the Gas Is Past.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s 3rd Launch — How to Watch

A Barnyard Mystery: Are the Chicks Male or Female?

Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.

Scientists captured a historic video of a giant squid. Watch it emerge from the darkness.

NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

Killer Whales From Pacific Northwest Make Rare Visit to Monterey Bay

Old films offer intriguing look at how factories — and tech — worked in the early 20th century

Does Fluffy Really Want to Be an Adventure Cat?

For Cephalopod Week, Dive Into the World of Octopuses, Squids and More

Songbird migration study finds a tiny, vulnerable winter range

Giant Squid, Phantom of the Deep, Makes Second Video Appearance

People are surprisingly honest about returning lost money

Would You Return This Wallet?

A Microscopic Realm Seen ‘Through the Eyes of the Cell’

Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.

A starving polar bear wandered into a city, scavenging for food hundreds of miles from home

This Creature Eats Stone. Sand Comes Out the Other End.

How an Arctic Hyena Was Found in Canada, Then Lost, Then Found Again

Watch Soap Bubbles Turn Into Tiny Snow Globes as They Freeze

Our moon — partner, protector, benefactor

34 birds, crammed into hair rollers, flew into NYC. They were destined for Idol-style sing offs.

Dogs may have evolved “puppy dog eyes” to tug at our hearts

The Eyebrow Muscle That Lets Your Dog Give You That Look

How to Measure Time — From the Very Beginning of Time

Woman was seen jabbing at sea turtle nest with wooden stake. She’s now in jail.

Running water, cranes, shockingly modern streets. At Pompeii, archaeologists find surprising tech.

Go Ahead, Name That Exoplanet!

A deadly deer disease is spreading. Could it strike people, too?

The Fish Egg That Traveled Through a Swan’s Gut, Then Hatched

Dr. Henry Lynch, 91, Dies; Found Hereditary Link in Cancer

Dr. Teruko Ishizaka, Who Advanced Allergy Treatment, Dies at 92

These Animal Migrations Are Huge — and Invisible

In the Bronze Age, Bagels Were Tiny

This is what it looks like when galaxies are about to die

USDA research agencies will move to Kansas City region, Perdue announces

Once Threatened, Sea Turtle Nests Thrive Along the Georgia Coast

Archaeologists find signs of ritualized cannabis use 2,500 years ago in China

Freshly Hatched, Pterosaur Babies May Have Taken Immediate Flight

The severed head of a prehistoric wolf was found in Siberia — perfectly preserved

USDA division votes to unionize as employees protest planned relocation

You Can Talk to Plants. Maybe You Should Listen.

A French Wine With a 900-Year-Old Vintage