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In Coral Fossils, Searching for the First Glow of Bioluminescence

Bioluminescence is used throughout the animal kingdom, particularly in marine environments, to lure prey, startle predators and even act as camouflage in the...

Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Discovered in Milk

Federal regulators on Tuesday said that samples of pasteurized milk from around the country had tested positive for inactive remnants of the bird...

Your most pressing climate questions

Are traffic circles better for the environment than four-way stops? Will the oceans be too hot for fish to survive? Is green hydrogen...

How Do We Know What Animals Are Really Feeling?

Still, despite years of promises to end the practice, many sows are still kept almost permanently in 7-feet-by-2-feet “gestation crates,” too small to...

Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem

In 1995, 14 wolves were delivered by truck and sled to the heart of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, where the animal had...

Three Places Changing Quickly to Fight Climate Change

Glaciers are shrinking, coral reefs are in crisis and last year was the hottest on record. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main...

Three Places Changing Quickly to Fight Climate Change

Glaciers are shrinking, coral reefs are in crisis and last year was the hottest on record. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main...

Lori and George Schappell, Long-Surviving Conjoined Twins, Die at 62

Lori and George Schappell, conjoined twins whose skulls were partly fused but who managed to lead independent lives, died on April 7 in...

‘Discomfort May Increase’: Asia’s Heat Wave Scorches Hundreds of Millions

Hundreds of millions of people in South and Southeast Asia were suffering on Monday from a punishing heat wave that has forced schools...

Is Online Shopping Bad for the Planet?

Q: How much do I need to worry about the impact of my online shopping?The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat....

Climate Doom Is Out. ‘Apocalyptic Optimism’ Is In.

The goal for “A Brief History of the Future” wasn’t to ignore climate change or other seam rippers of the social fabric but,...

Lasers, Inflatable Dancers and the Fight to Fend Off Avian Flu

Loren Brey, a poultry grower in Minnesota, walked onto the farm where his egg-laying turkeys nest in November to discover a handful of...

Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won’t Medicare Pay?

Mammograms can miss tumors in women with dense breast tissue. So for these patients, doctors often include a second scan — ultrasound, for...

‘Aging in Place, or Stuck in Place?’

When it came to housing, Susan Apel and Keith Irwin thought they had planned adroitly for later life. They bought a four-bedroom house...

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