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DNA shed by every living thing is lurking in the environment — and it could tell us how Earth is changing in real timeEnvironments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.
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Iran war could push global food insecurity to record levels, leaving 363 million people hungryAnalysis from the United Nations World Food Programme suggests that if the war in Iran continues until June, an additional 45 million people will be without enough food.
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The world is being held hostage by its reliance on oil. How can we break free from the fossil fuel?Like whale blubber, oil as a dominant source of energy will gradually be phased out over the next decades. Here's what that transition may look like.
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Vanuatu's 'barefoot volcanologist' stands at ash- and sulfur-spewing Mount Yasur in award-winning photographElle Leontiev's image of Philip, a self-taught volcanologist who has lived on Mount Yasur his whole life, has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026.
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Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoners that draw more prey to their websThe fireflies are kept inside the webs for as long as they glow, before being consumed.
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Heartbreaking image shows a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence because it was the closest thing resembling a treeFrench photographer Emmanuel Tardy's image of a sloth clinging to a post in Costa Rica is one of the images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
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Shark Week team discovers unusual 'black makos' off California coastWeird makos filmed off the California coast in a new Shark Week show raise questions about what these sharks actually are.
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'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movieINTERVIEW The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being the movie's scientific advisor.
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Invisible DNA lurks everywhere in the environment — and we're on the verge of decoding its secrets
Feature Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.
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Orcas off Antarctica filmed teaching calves to hunt in incredible new footageThe adult orcas swam around the ice demonstrating how to pull a seal off by its tail.
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Animal quiz: Test yourself on these fun animal trivia questionsHow much do you know about the animals we share the planet with? Take our quiz to find out!
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Orange dwarf cave crocodiles: The crocs that crawled into a cave, ate bats, and started mutating into a new speciesThe skin of dwarf crocodiles found living in a cave in Gabon is turning orange from swimming in guano. It's unclear how long they've been down there, but genetic research indicates they may be morphing into a new species.
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Earth news quiz 2024: Test yourself on this year's biggest stories about our planetHow much do you remember about planet Earth in the news over the last 12 months? Take our quiz to find out!
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Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein in carbon emissions.
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From orcas with salmon hats to the resurrection of the mammoths — this year in animal newsThere were sharks eating sharks, snakes eating snakes, and ants chopping each other's legs off. Here is a roundup of some of the best animal news stories from 2024.
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Weirdest animal news of 2024: Quiz yourself on this year's most bizarre animals anticsFrom angry dolphins and snakes taking faking their deaths to the next level, to a frog who had just had enough. Take our quiz on the strangest animal news of 2024.
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Antarctica quiz: Test your knowledge on Earth's frozen continentQuiz How much do you know about Antarctica? Take our science quiz to see if you'll freeze up or be as cool as a cucumber.
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Weird photo captures secretary bird's third eyelid as it catches locust midflightThe secretary bird photograph was among the winners of the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Prize.
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Equator quiz: Can you name the 13 countries that sit on Earth's central line?Quiz There are 13 countries that sit on Earth's equator. Can you get them all in 5 minutes? If so, how fast can you do it?
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'She turns her siphon into a gun': Watch coconut octopus firing stones at fish in world-1st footageOctopus filmed firing stones from her siphon from inside a clam shell like a sniper in never-before-seen behavior captured for the Netflix series Our Oceans.
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US volcano quiz: How many can you name in 10 minutes?Quiz How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage.
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Evolution quiz: Can you naturally select the correct answers?How much do you know about evolution? Take this quiz to find out.
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Crocodile quiz: Test your knowledge on the prehistoric predatorsThe Nile crocodile is one of the largest predators in Africa.
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Northern sea robin: The bizarre fish with crab legs it uses to taste the seafloorThe northern sea robin is a strange-looking fish with legs that it uses to "taste" the seafloor.
