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Nipah’s deadly shadow returns to Malappuram, sparking a frantic race against time to contain the virus. Abdul Latheef Naha ...

Animals use many different kinds of adaptations to protect themselves. These animals, for example, have fangs!

Mollie Byrne recalls spending summers with her family at a camp on the Juniata River in Bedford County, in south central ...

This bat loves to eat figs, and three species of figs have ... The masked palm civet lives in trees and eats mainly fruit, and can sometimes be found in urban areas close to forests.

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Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

In Panama, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – the only bureau of the Smithsonian outside the United States – ...

People are living longer these days than they did in the past. While that’s definitely good news, it does come with one caveat. While lifespan is increasing, healthspan (aka the number of years a ...

Our list of the best botanic gardens in Southern California spans Santa Barbara to San Diego and includes gardens everyone ...