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Northern giant hornets, also known as murder hornets, incite fear in many. These venomous hornets can take out an entire hive of honey bees in a matter of hours. A single sting can kill a mammal many ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

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A cane toad that hitchhiked into New South Wales on a vehicle travelling from Queensland has been captured, state authorities ...

The trees have laid off their leafy workers and they have fallen to decompose on the ground. As winter approached, the chlorophyll in the leaves had to shut down as the temperature and light decreased ...