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Colossal Biosciences hopes to use genetic engineering to "jumpstart nature's ancestral heartbeat."

A paleontologist at the University of Leicester has described a new genus and species of enigmatic multisegmented arthropod using a fossilized specimen found over two decades ago in South Africa.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently shared a list of the five invasive animals that people can hunt, catch and cook. Chefs and hunters shared their insights.

As with many holiday symbols, the plant's significance is steeped in legend.

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about a mysterious group of extinct predators.

A photograph shared online genuinely shows an exceptionally large tadpole roughly the size of a soda can or human hand.

A new genus and species of bohaiornithid enantiornithine bird has been identified from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved with traces of feathers found in northeastern China.

Angelenos returning to homes in burned areas could be exposed to toxic materials and mudslides

Apachyus madseni is the first fossil representative of the enigmatic earwig family Apachyidae.

From ancient Egypt to today, the scent of rosemary has promised comfort, joy, and even immortality.

Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study ever of dinosaur poop. The findings shed new light on how dinosaur's diets allowed them to dominate the planet.

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Paleontologists have unearthed the exquisitely preserved remains of Cretaceous enantiornithine bird in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil.

Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — unlike most other species of its kind.

A team of marine biologists led by a Florida International University researcher has described a new species of the shark genus Sphyrna from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic.

Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated.

Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk.

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back.

The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature - in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina, ...

Blood and urine tests are ineffective for diagnosing long COVID -- a constellation of long-term symptoms such as chronic pain, brain fog, shortness of breath and intense fatigue, a new study shows.