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In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning the ground for ...

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South Texas hunters and outdoor enthusiasts will need to monitor animals potentially affected by an infectious disease caused ...

Many people hold the view that evolution in modern humans has come to a halt. But while modern medicine and technologies have changed the environment in which evolution operates, many scientists ...

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Human composting turns bodies into soil by speeding up “what happens on the forest floor,” according to Tom Harries, CEO of Earth Funeral, the human composting company the Muckenhoupt family ...