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Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year. Borboroglu has been an Explorer since receiving the National ...

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and ...

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Credit: J. Adam Fenster/ University of Rochester. Deep in the ocean, sea sponges grow beautiful, glass-like skeletons that are both strong and light. These structures are made from a natural glass ...

Rescuers capture a sick sea lion in Santa Barbara, California. Hundreds of animals have become ill from a neurotoxin, found in algae blooms, that causes concerning behavioral changes. Two ...

She said: "This is exciting to us because it confirms that the genes and gene families that we identified using our comparative genomics approach really do cause an animal to have a woolly coat ...

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Have you ever seen an animal with Blue Blood? While this may sound unusual, animals with blue blood do exist. While most vertebrates, including humans, have red blood cells due to hemoglobin ...

This comes after disturbing video surfaced on social media showing what appears to be animal abuse involving a horse. The National Park Service is leading the joint-agency search effort for the ...