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Climate Change Is Threatening Eye Health in Disturbing Ways

Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Are Facing a New Threat: Booming Populations of Seals and Sea Lions

A Century Ago, a High School Teacher From a Small Tennessee Town Ignited a National Debate Over Human Evolution

To Reduce Human and Grizzly Bear Conflicts, Both Species Must Change Their Behavior

Should Scientists Inject Saturn’s Moon Enceladus With Life?

Once in Dire Straits, Atlantic Sturgeon Are Staging a Comeback on the East Coast

Did Water Form in the Earliest Years of the Universe?

These Asian Bears Were Cut Open for Their Bile. Here’s What’s Being Done to Rehabilitate Them

Engineers Are Racing to Harness the Dazzling Magic of Feathers. They Haven’t Solved the Mystery Just Yet

Journey Into a Prehistoric Cave That Trapped and Entombed Animals for Millennia