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Longer seasons and warmer weather have combined to be a game-changer in the plant wars
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A new look at Smithsonian's fossil collection turned up a remarkably ancient flowering plant—scientists think it's at least 115 million years old
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The Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington, is exhibiting 75 works of art pulled from the past two centuries—all themed around ice
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Urban planners sure hope so, particularly in places like Detroit where a company plans to start filling abandoned lots with small forests
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The shape of the seahorse's snout and its painfully slow movements create help create minimal water disturbance, increasing its odds of bagging prey
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Leaks from natural gas extraction may be a bigger source of U.S. methane emissions than previously thought, a new study finds
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Now, they are creating beautiful works from the trash they gathered on the 450-nautical-mile journey in the Gulf of Alaska
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Research shows that plastic particles can absorb pollution from water, get eaten by fish and carry the toxins up the food chain
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Lakes and reservoirs take up more space, but rivers and streams release more of the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, a new study finds
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New research shows that the explanation for the counterintuitive growth of sea ice near the South Pole can be found blowing in the wind
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New maps of global forest loss find that while Brazil is decreasing its rate of deforestation, many other nations are rapidly losing forest cover
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New analysis of the insides of ancient drinkware shows chemical traces of Capsicum species, proof positive that its owners made spicy beverages
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A new book of breathtaking aerial photography by Bernhard Edmaier explains how the planet's vividly colored landscapes and seascapes came to be
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More than 70 definitions exist for what makes a species--each is applied to a different group of organisms & uses different methods for determining a label
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Who knew a turtle's retina could be so beautiful?
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A Berkeley startup's new spin on an old fuel-producing technology is a win-win for the environment
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Projections indicate that the global rate of trash production will keep rising past 2100—a concern because waste can be a proxy for environmental stresses
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Photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher uses a powerful microscope to capture all of a bee's microscopic structures and textures in stunning detail
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Scientists are taking all kinds of approaches to try to stop the ominous threat from bacteria antibiotics can no longer kill
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In zoos, different giraffe species will readily mate, but if the species cross paths in Kenya, their rain-driven mating cycles won't be in sync
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