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A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

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Spanish authorities said Saturday they are investigating five laboratories in an effort to find the source of an African ...

Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the ...

If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island—a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica—the first ...

The Amazon rainforest has yielded yet another new species, according to a recent study published in Zootaxa. Discovered in ...

Americans use the f-word more frequently on social media than Australians or Britons, but Australians are more creative in ...

Only 7% of Europe's original area of peatlands remain. What's more: their climate boundaries are shifting. An international ...

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin ...