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In Brazil, a group led by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Jaboticabal, in collaboration with the ...

If you've ever bitten into a fresh fig, you've tasted the delicious result of one of nature's most extraordinary and ...

Iberian harvester ants are examples of a new mode of reproduction called xenoparous, with xeno- meaning “foreign, strange or ...

Why Atheism Is Winning Few living thinkers have been as influential—or controversial—as Richard Dawkins. An evolutionary biologist by training, Dawkins rose to prominence with his 1976 book The ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a tool that can be used to improve animal welfare by assessing tambaqui fish based on ...

Today marks the release of Pittsburgh deathcore outfit Signs of the Swarm‘s latest album To Rid Myself of Truth and to mark the occasion, they’ve released a music video for the track “Natural ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting sealed bids for about 20 agricultural lease contracts for ...