environment
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Extinct Kangaroo Could Climb Trees With Its Huge Claws
Skulls of the newly described extinct kangaroo.Image: N. Warburton, Murdoch University A new study describes a “semiarboreal kangaroo” that lived…
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Mysterious Bald Eagle Killer Finally Identified
Photo: Doug Pensinger (Getty Images) In a new study out Thursday, scientists say they’ve solved the mystery of a neurological…
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US Is One Step Closer to Having Program to Study Blocking Sun
A cargo plane on its final approach into Long Beach Airport passes in front a hazy sun caused by smoke…
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Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans
Saturn’s moon Enceladus.Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A planetary scientist says subterranean water worlds are likely common in the galaxy and…
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Scientists Just Found a New Kind of Rock Under the Pacific Ocean
A microscopic cross-section of the 49-milion-year-old basalt.Photo: EXP 351 Science Team New basalt just dropped. An international team of scientists…
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The Australian Floods Are Devastating Wildlife
Ducks swim next to a submerged sign in floodwaters in Richmond suburb on March 22, 2021, as Sydney braced for…
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NASA Reveals Its Plan for First Helicopter Flight on Mars
A mock-up of the helicopter in flight over Jezero Crater on Mars.Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech So far, human exploration on Mars has…
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This ‘Map of Life’ Shows Where Undiscovered Species May Be Lurking
An orangutan in Indonesia, one of the research team’s described biodiversity hotspots.Photo: CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images) Nine…
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Florida Bans Sale of Invasive Reptiles as Iguanas and Snakes Take Over
A 14-foot, 95-pound, female Burmese python captured in Naples, Florida.Image: Robert F. Bukaty (AP) The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…
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Australia Engulfed by Once-in-a-Century Floods
Residents commute on a boat in a flooded residential area near Windsor, Australia.Photo: Saeed Khan/AFP (Getty Images) The setup up…
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