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Superrare, coconut-eating rat discovered in rain forest

Oct. 5, 2017
New York City mice are evolving to eat leftover fast food

Oct. 4, 2017
Baby ichthyosaurus discovered feeding on squid

Oct. 3, 2017
Watch space ice get bubbly in starlight

Oct. 2, 2017
Decorative gourd season started with a humble melonlike fruit

Sep. 29, 2017
Four-billion-year-old rocks show signs of early life

Sep. 29, 2017
Is a new embryo-editing technique better than CRISPR?

Sep. 28, 2017
Giant pandas threatened by not-so-giant habitats

Sep. 26, 2017
Do your genes influence whether you get cavities?

Sep. 25, 2017
Video: This caterpillar mimics the alarm calls of its predators

Sep. 25, 2017
Flint’s lead crisis may have caused hundreds of fetal deaths

Sep. 22, 2017
Praying mantises are bird-brain eating beasts

Sep. 22, 2017
Climate change could explain why your roads are crumbling

Sep. 21, 2017
A dinosaur may have helped turn this 100-million-year-old flower into a fossil

Sep. 21, 2017
Why frogs turn yellow during group sex

Sep. 20, 2017
Hubble Space Telescope detects pitch-black exoplanet

Sep. 20, 2017
Tool-using monkeys threaten shellfish population in Thailand

Sep. 19, 2017
CRISPR experiment shows how butterflies get their coloring

Sep. 19, 2017
Scientists complete 8 months in isolation to simulate Mars mission

Sep. 19, 2017
Totally nuts: Squirrels bury their food according to type

Sep. 18, 2017
Want to control gadgets with your mind? This lab could help

Sep. 18, 2017
Eight-year-old publishes in a scientific journal

Sep. 14, 2017
The concept of ‘zero’ has been around a lot longer than we thought

Sep. 14, 2017
Rats may have nightmares, too, say researchers who monitored their sleep

Sep. 11, 2017