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A triple-threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and overpopulation is bearing down on Earth, a new paper from 17 scientists warns.

For over a century, hundreds to thousands of poisonous millipedes have swarmed train tracks in the thick, forested mountains of Japan, forcing trains to grind to a halt

In the 16th century, an attack from the Ottoman Empire may have prompted panicked Hungarians to bury a stash of valuable silver and gold coins.

Electric eels have been observed in the Amazon hunting in groups for the first time. By working together, they can send fish flying with a supercharged jolt of electricity.

Tiny frogs in Madagascar are lured to their doom by spiders' ingenious silk-stitched leaf traps.

A rapidly twirling, ultramagnetic 500-year-old infant has been spotted zipping at never-before-seen speeds through the Milky Way. It belongs to a super-rare flavor of super-rare star.

The CIA just turned over 2,700 pages of UFO-related material to The Black Vault, a free repository of UFO records online.

This strain quickly became the dominant coronavirus variant in Columbus, Ohio.

The man spent 22 days in the hospital with a severe infection.

A 45,500-year-old warty pig drawing is the oldest known cave painting of an animal on record.

Increasing ocean temperatures caused by climate change are leading sharks to be born younger, smaller and weaker.

One day, the pandemic will end. Scientists don't know how that finale will play out but a new model offers a teaser.

Bumblebee gravity could explain dark energy — if it's proven true.

High-speed cameras show that flies' modified hind wings help with their speedy takeoffs.

Earth could have hosted islands as long as 4 billion years ago, leaving open the possibility that the first life could have evolved on land rather than near hydrothermal vents.

Women who use marijuana while they are trying to conceive may be less likely to get pregnant.

A 500-year-old limestone statue of an elite woman was found in central Mexico.

Scientists recovered the insect from 100-million-year-old amber.

Here's a guide to the vaccines being used in different countries.