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2-mile-thick layer of frozen water found buried at Mars'...
The Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow...
Controversial study claims megalodon didn't look like a...
Scientists say they have discovered a discrepancy in previous research and suggest megalodons may have been longer and more slender...
4 never-before-seen octopuses discovered in deep sea off...
Enigmatic octopuses that have been newly discovered in the waters off Costa Rica add to a growing registry of deep-sea dwellers.
Why is wool itchy?
Why does wearing wool clothing sometimes lead to insatiable itching?
Space photo of the week: Observatory, or alien planet?...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which could change astronomy forever when it comes online this August, looks like a planet all its...
Loggerhead shrike: The brutal 'butcherbird' that impales...
Loggerhead shrikes can kill prey bigger than themselves by stabbing and shaking them, before impaling them on sticks to eat later.
Watch 5,000 fire ants create raft with their bodies to...
Video footage from a new series captures thousands of ants building a living-raft to save the colony from drowning in a swimming pool.
Why does Norway have so many fjords?
Fjords, many of them sculpted over many ice ages, can form all over Earth. So why does Norway have so many?
