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Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about ...

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The brain of a 233-million-year-old ancestor of the first flying reptiles has been reconstructed in a bid to work out how they took flight. Scientists say Venetoraptor was around 13 inches (33 ...

Scientists have long observed that embryos of different species within a phylum look quite distinct at early and late ...

An Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.

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In the most industrialized part of Michigan are natural areas that mostly go unnoticed. Federal, state and local partners ...