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Courting Flamingos Apply "Makeup"
There's a reason why flamingos are so pretty in pink: The birds apply colorful oil to impress mates, a new study says.
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Best European Wildlife Photos
See a ghostly owl, a cheetah fleeing fire, and a turtle's first swim in this year's best shots by European wildlife photographers.
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Bug Has World's Biggest Testes
The tuberous bushcricket's large testicles—the world's biggest, proportionately—don't mean greater output, a surprising new study says.
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Has “Peak Oil” Arrived?
Higher oil prices are in store as conventional crude production appears to have peaked, says the International Energy Agency.
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Turtle Herpes Tumors Due to Sewage?
Herpes tumors that have plagued green sea turtles worldwide for decades may be caused by pollution, a new study says.
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New Self-Cloning Lizard Found
A popular dish on Vietnamese menus is made from a newly discovered lizard that reproduces by cloning, scientists say.
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Photos: X-Rays Through History
See some of the most important—and oddest—images associated with x-rays, whose 115th anniversary of discovery was Monday.
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Polar Bears Eating Eggs to Survive?
Forced ashore earlier due to global warming, the bears are finding nutritious treats on land in the form of goose eggs, studies say.
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Early Cities Made Us Stronger?
"Amazing" DNA results show benefits of hailing from areas of ancient urbanization, researchers say.
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New Self-Cloning Lizard Found
A popular dish on Vietnamese menus is made from a newly discovered lizard that reproduces by cloning, scientists say.
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"Zombie Virus" Possible?
People can't rise from the dead, but certain viruses can induce aggressive, zombie-like behavior, according to a new documentary.
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Early Cities Made Us Stronger?
"Amazing" DNA results show benefits of hailing from areas of ancient urbanization, researchers say.
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Special Report: Shale Gas Rush
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A Dream Dashed by the Rush on Gas
The shale gas industry maintains that it protects drinking water and land. But mistrust has been sown in rural communities.
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New Jobs Through Energy
The industry promises jobs to a state badly in need of an economic boost, but the work so far isn't where you might expect it to be.
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Mapping a Gas Boom
Track the growing mark that energy companies have etched on Pennsylvania since first producing natural gas from shale.
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