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A black widow spider, a venomous species now common in the American West, wrapping up its prey. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
(H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock via Getty Images)

Does alien life smell like the sea?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Virus spore in an ice cube (Getty Images/Yingko)

Prepping for diseases from melting ice

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Child holding a small plant (Getty Images/lovelyday12)

How plant biology mirrors our own

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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School of Pacific Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera steindachneri, Cabo Pulmo Marine National Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Scientists solve mystery of ray tails

Matthew Rozsa
Flying foxes flying in the sky at 17 island marine park in Riung, Flores, Indonesia. (Getty Images/Bruno Guerreiro)

Why bats don't get sick from viruses

Matthew Rozsa
Wegovy, an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Semaglutide: a "wonder drug" with risks

Carlyn Zwarenstein
DNA mirrored (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How mirror life poses existential risks

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) (Getty Images/Zdenek Macat)

Bats “surf” on storms, study finds

Matthew Rozsa
Diver swims with a whale (Getty Images/Orla)

Whale lifespans are longer than thought

Greg Breed, Peter Corkeron - The Conversation
A vet takes a sample from the mouth of a swan during an animal disease exercise. (Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Bird flu could mutate to become worse

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Group of seagulls in a clear sunny sky (Getty Images/Ivan)

Gulls aren't "rats with wings"

Matthew Rozsa
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Warty Comb jellyfish (Mnemiopsis leidyi) (Getty Images/Oxford Scientific)

Strange consciousness of comb jellies

Matthew Rozsa
Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin. (Jorge Garcia/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Nature’s strangest real life vampires

Matthew Rozsa
Wildlife Monkey Portrait (Getty Images/4FR)

Wild animals can experience trauma too

Xochitl Ortiz Ross - The Conversation
Elderly woman pauses by window to smell orange flowers. (Getty Images/Iuliia Burmistrova)

Humans smell faster than we thought

Matthew Rozsa
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Spider Crab (Getty Images/George Karbus Photography)

Why the internet is obsessed with crabs

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) (Anik Grearson)

Meet the fish that tastes with its feet

Matthew Rozsa
A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater. (Lindsey Swierk)

How this lizard learned to "scuba dive"

Matthew Rozsa
Svalbard Global Seed Vault, seed vault. Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard on the island of Spitsbergen in the Spitsbergen archipelago. Arctic, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Svalbard. (Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Scientists want a seed vault on the Moon

Rae Hodge
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In this handout photo provided by NASA, (L-R) ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthais Maurer, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico on May 6, 2022 off the coast of Tampa, Florida. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)

Even short space trips alter human body

Susan Bailey - The Conversation
Close up view of a female killer whale swimming in blue water (Getty Images/wildestanimal)

Orca misinformation is killing them

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Plainfin Midshipman (Getty Images/Joseph Dreimiller)

Inside the brains of "singing" fish

Rae Hodge
Medical examiner holding urine cup (Getty Images/Andrii Atanov)

Scientists discover why pee is yellow

Nicole Karlis
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