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Learn more about the reclassification of the tallest terrestrial animal, including its implications for giraffe conservation.

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Learn how modern humans adapted to the Americas, possibly thanks to a Denisovan gene.

We’re learning from our own deep space signals where to look for signs of extraterrestrial life.

Meet Janjucetus dullardi, an early cousin of today’s whales that roamed the sea 26 million years ago.

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Learn more about the 115-million-year-old dinosaur prints clean-up crews found after the recent Texas flooding.

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