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Scientists have identified Gitchak Nakana, a blind blood-red fish, in an underground aquifer in Assam's Goalpara district. The find highlights the region's hidden biodiversity and a species that ...

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Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals ...

This enigmatic orb has undergone extensive examination and DNA testing, enabling scientists to reveal its true origins ...

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The Memphis Zoo is home to 3,500-plus animals. Here are some of our favorites that don't always get the spotlight.

Three-cornered Leek is in full flower at present and it is easy to spot as it often grows in dense clumps along roadside ...

It took more than two years, but we can finally rest easy that it's not the contorted remains of an alien creature.

It looked like something plucked from a fairy tale — a fleshy, violet disc sitting in the sand along the Southern California ...

Despite their flower-inspired name, sea pansies are not plants at all. Purple sea pansies are colonial marine animals in the ...