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Saiga at the watering hole in a federal nature reserve in Kalmykia, Russia

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A Quarter of the World’s Saiga Antelope Are Dead

A virus is decimating an already fragile species

Bison returning to Banff

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Bison Back in Banff After 130 Years

Parks Canada released 16 of the wooly ungulates in the national park in a pilot project to re-establish the species

Twain's living room

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Mark Twain Museum Battles Mold

A malfunctioning HVAC system led to mold contaminating 5,000 artifacts in a storage room, which will be restored over the next four months

Just around the corner from the Great Barrier Reef, the ocean has been hiding a massive, ancient landslide.

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Scientists Discovered a Gigantic, 300,000-Year-Old Landslide Under the Ocean

Long ago, an almost inconceivable amount of sand shifted, changing the surface of the sea floor

Archeologists found this piece of parchment rolled up in a jug in a cave on the cliffs west of Qumran.

Archaeologists Might Have Found Another Dead Sea Scroll Cave

It could be cave number 12

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková during its last pass in 2011

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A Comet, Eclipse and a Full Moon Will Light Up the Skies Friday Night

There will be a lot going on in the night sky, including a pass by the green comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková

Claude Monet's "The Green Wave" (ca. 1866) is just one of 375,000 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art that are now available to download for free.

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375,000 Images From the Met Are Now Yours for the Taking

It’s a milestone for one of the world's most significant art collections

Channel Parker's vicious wit in the coat she wore for decades.

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Fans of Dorothy Parker Can Pay to Wear Her Mink Coat

It’s all in the name of preservation

Several views of the beautiful Megistaspis hammondi samples, showing off the intricate details of its undercarriage.

New Research

These Spectacularly Preserved Trilobite Fossils Come Complete With Guts, Gills and Legs

The 478-million-year-old creatures could help explain a series of mysterious fossilized tracks

The Zoo's vets are keeping a close eye on the three newborn cubs.

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Meet the Cincinnati Zoo's Three Newborn Malayan Tigers

The adorable balls of fur could help the zoo diversify their tiger gene pool

Wanted: a few patrons to help preserve Vincent van Gogh's grave for future generations.

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The Quest to Save Vincent van Gogh’s Grave

His final resting place is in disrepair, so fans of the tormented artist are pitching in to save it

This diminutive mammal could soon go extinct.

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Only 30 of the World’s Most Adorable Porpoise Are Left on Earth

As “the panda of the sea” hurtles toward extinction, scientists stage a last-ditch effort to save the species

This is the 517th Xerox model 917 ever made, donated to the Smithsonian in 1985.

Watch the Original 1959 Ad for the First Office-Ready Xerox Machine

When the Xerox 914 entered offices, the working world changed forever

The crew of Skylab 4 in August 1973. From left to right: astronaut Gerald Carr, who commanded the mission; scientist-astronaut Edward Gibson; astronaut William Pogue.

Mutiny in Space: Why These Skylab Astronauts Never Flew Again

In 1973, it was the longest space mission — 84 days in the stars. But at some point the astronauts just got fed up

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Blazing Green Meteor Lights Up Midwest Skies

Early Monday morning, the fireball buzzed Wisconsin before breaking up over Lake Michigan

This illustration by Helen Sewell graced one of the original editions of Little House on the Prairie, published in the 1930s. That book tells of the period in the Ingalls family's lives in which they settled in Kansas on land that still belonged to Native Americans.

The Little House on the Prairie Was Built on Native American Land

Yesterday was Laura Ingalls Wilder's 150th birthday. It's time to take a critical look at her work

A woodcut from 1482 is yours for the coloring in a book by the Bodleian Library.

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#ColorOurCollections Is Back, Turning Your Favorite Cultural Institutions Into Coloring Books

In its second year, it's more vibrant than ever

Geckolepis megalepis

New Research

New Species of Fish-Scaled Gecko Can (Literally) Jump Out of Its Skin

The creature sloughs its skin when predators attack, leaving it looking like a raw chicken tender

Clerks (right) will no longer have to wear their distinctive wigs in the House of Commons.

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British Parliament Is Losing its Wigs

They’re itchy, formal—and part of centuries of tradition

Romanians protest in Victoria Place in Bucharest on January 22.

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Why Romanians Took to the Streets This Weekend

Up to half a million citizens protested a new decree that would have diminished anti-corruption penalties

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