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A German shipwreck that sank in the North Sea in 1942 is still polluting the seafloor around it, but there are signs of sea life adapting to the wreck.
A snake in an Australian suburb was carrying an astonishing number of parasitic hitchhikers.
Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the planet.
Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox. Monkeypox and smallpox infections trigger similar symptoms, but monkeypox tends to be far milder by comparison.
Chinese scientists' claims that their "Sky Eye" telescope could have picked up signals from intelligent aliens have been met with skepticism by an American colleague.
The universe may be vast, but researchers have multiple points of evidence that reveal its shape.
A young pup was discovered in the Siberian permafrost in near-perfect condition.
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A crater on Mars has a bright patch of ice. It's the second time in over a decade that the crater and ice has been observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated. The change will take thousands of years, but we only have a century to stop it.
Civil War myths both big and small persist to this day. LiveScience clears up a few.
Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst.
Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, this behavior does not typically include bigger snakes because when snakes do eat each other, which is common, it is normally the bigger snakes who eat the smaller ones.
Discussion with author Steve Brusatte about his book: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals.
Wondering if you need to eat meat to get protein into your diet? Discover alternative sources of protein, from plant-based to powder supplements.
Pathologists in Florida who freed a 5-foot alligator corpse from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.
Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition have spotted an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the middle of a large crater 80 miles south of Norway's Bear Island. The volcano releases a continuous flow of muddy, methane-rich water and was seen teeming with animal life. The volcano, dubbed the Borealis Mud Volcano, is only the second of its kind ever recorded in Norwegian waters.
Semi-identical twins are extremely rare, with only one other case documented before.
Meet Horridus — one of the most complete Triceratops fossils ever discovered. Found in Montana, Horridus made its public debut on March 12th at Melbourne Museum in Australia in the new exhibit "Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs." The skeleton is over 85% intact and includes a near-complete skull and spine.
You can argue for the British, Persians, Romans, Mongols or pretty much any empire you want.
Experts warn that the sun's next "solar maximum" could be more powerful and arrive sooner than expected.