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The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously ...

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For much of his life, Patrick Webster has slipped into a wetsuit, strapped on his elaborate camera system and dove into the ...

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden ...

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate ...

Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...

Oregon State University researchers have painted a clearer picture of the coastal marten, a secretive, ferret-sized forest ...