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Scientists have been studying fire salamanders for more than 250 years. They just discovered that the creatures glow under UV light
First described more than 250 years ago, fire salamanders are among the most-studied amphibians in Europe. Yet researchers ...
Scientists found living yeast in Ötzi the Iceman's remains and used it to bake sourdough bread more than 5,300 years after ...
Researchers discovered a way to reverse the direction of energy flow in turbulence, challenging a theory that has stood for ...
Over the past century, scientists have discovered all manner of weird and charismatic creatures on Australia’s Great Barrier ...
Every year, scientists venture into Earth’s most remote corners — from the crushing depths of ocean trenches to the misty canopies of cloud forests — and return with remarkable discoveries that ...
A February 2026 biodiversity survey in Angola's remote Lisima plateau led to the exciting new discoveries ...
The Ocean Census project says scientists have discovered 1,121 previously unknown species in a single year. The rush is on to save them as risks to the world’s oceans multiply ...
Scientists just identified a brand-new species of octopus in the Galápagos. It's blue, tiny and absolutely adorable. (Charles ...
It’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea. Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue ...
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