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Western spotted skunk. Credit: © R. C. Dowler Climate plays a key role in determining what animals can live where. And while human-induced climate change has...

Carcharhiniformes indet. tooth from the Saltarin core, Carbonera C2 Formation, early Miocene flooding. Credit: Jorge Carrillo A tiny shark tooth, part of a mantis shrimp and...

Nilgiri flycatcher (stock photo). Researchers found the estimated range for the Nilgiri flycatcher is actually 65 percent smaller than IUCN determined and thus suggest...

Salk scientists move one step closer to developing 'exercise-in-a-pill.' Partial view of a mouse calf muscle stained for different types of muscle fibers: oxidative...

This is a Galeamopus pabsti in its environment in the Late Jurassic of North America. An Allosaurus and two Ceratosaurus are feeding on a...

An excess of gamma-rays coming from the center of the Milky Way is likely due to a population of pulsars -- rapidly spinning, very...

Camellia sinensis shrub. Credit: LiZhi Gao Lab The most popular varieties of tea -- including black tea, green tea, Oolong tea, white tea, and chai --...

This Vouivria herd are roaming the coast of what is now Europe. Millions of years ago Europe was a chain of islands and, being...

How does our language affect our perception of time? Credit: © spaxiax / Fotolia Language has such a powerful effect, it can influence the way in...

Oval squids swim in parallel. The larger squid is the male, and the small squid is the female. Credit: Mr. Chun-Yen Lin, Institute of Molecular...

This is the Larsen C ice rift aerial view. Credit: John Sonntag/NASA The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica now has a second...