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A young gorilla rescued from aircraft hold recovers at Istanbul zoo
A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat More »
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Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos
A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole More »
New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction
New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction More »
NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth
NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars More »
5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries More »
It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?
Here's what experts say is turning Southern California's speedy wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration that is defying the calendar More »
US will keep protecting more than 2,000 Rocky Mountain grizzly bears
The Biden administration is keeping protections in place for more than 2,000 grizzly bears in Western states despite requests to lift the safeguards More »
Stargazers' delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution in New Mexico win praise
Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that are increasingly obscuring night skies worldwide are recognizing efforts by an oil and natural gas developer to reduce scattered light in New Mexico More »
Here's your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments
The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses More »
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought More »
