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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

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Northern Utah’s Great Salt Lake—the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere—is rapidly disappearing and by some ...

Peru's first great empire left no written records. Now, archaeologists are piecing together who the Wari were with the help ...

With the global celebrations for Sir David Attenborough’s 100 th birthday shining a light on the pioneering wildlife documentaries that first brought the magnificence of the natural world to our ...