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Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed

Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed

What if trains, planes, and automobiles all were powered simply by the air through which they move? Moreover, what if their exhaust and byproducts helped the environment?

A unique blob-like creature that lived in the ocean approximately 425 million years ago is revealed in a 3D computer model

Charles Darwin described the Venus Flytrap as 'one of the most wonderful plants in the world

Prairie dogs, once abundant in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, have been decimated in recent decades by plague -- a virulent bacterial disease spread by fleas

Researchers have successfully regenerated rabbit joints using a cutting edge process to form the joint inside the body

Archaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around six kilograms

Monarch butterflies -- renowned for their lengthy annual migration to and from Mexico -- complete an even more spectacular journey home than previously thought

It's no secret to any dog-lover or cat-lover that humans have a special connection with animals. But in a new journal article and forthcoming book, paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman of Penn State University argues that this human-animal connection goes well