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Nope, these cucumbers aren't plants. Sea cucumbers are colorful, squishy sea creatures that live on the ocean floor.

Most people bitten by a West Nile virus mosquito won't get sick, but in a small percentage of people, the virus invades the brain and spinal cord, which results in serious illness.

Here's a look at all Nobel Peace Prize recipients, including Barack Obama, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and John Steinbeck.

It's more than a buzzword — mental health impacts every aspect of our lives.

A list of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, including Marie Curie, Roger Kornberg and Otto Hahn.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome affects connective tissues in the body and can cause a wide array of symptoms.

Here's a look at all winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, including Steven Chu, Aage Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi.

Here's a look at past winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Reference Article: Facts about betta fish.

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus is spread by mosquitoes and, in rare cases, can lead to a life-threatening brain infection.

Reference Article: Facts about the four fundamental forces that control every interaction in nature.

Don't believe everything you see.

Will President Trump be impeached? Here's a look at what impeachment means, how it works and who has been impeached.

Axolotls are cute, charismatic salamanders that have an almost otherworldly ability to regenerate their body parts. But pollution and urbanization critically threaten this species' survival.

People with cystic fibrosis produce a thick, sticky mucus that causes wide-ranging problems in the lungs, pancreas and digestive system.

Reference Article: A brief overview of the Enlightenment period of the 18th century.

Scientists believe atoms were created after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

Narwhals are one of the weirdest creatures on Earth.