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Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

Escape the winter cold with a warm-weather getaway at this charming, captivating Florida city, featuring beaches, fossil-hunting, and a historic downtown.

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

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Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...

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Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots, helping protect millions from stings in vulnerable tropical regions.