The endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle weighs about 11 pounds and is two to five years old.

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Studying these nematodes will help scientists plan for a long-term human presence on the moon.

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A look back on the groundbreaking chimpanzee research and humanitarian career of Jane Goodall.

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The idea of making the U.S. more like Europe is anathema to many in the Trump administration. But that’s what the Make America Healthy Again movement says it wants — at least when it comes to food.

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We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.

Trump’s tariffs put a spotlight on the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, which comprise a remote volcanic refuge for penguins and seals and a UNESCO World Heritage site

The health secretary had promised “radical transparency,” but fired communications teams in the Health and Human Services Department.

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The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex set of emotions that continues to affect the nation

What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.

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