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One of the world’s strangest looking animals has been rapidly vanishing from Australian waterways. When ranger Alfred Hunter ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental ...

Skunks can lose their stripes—and now we might know why Skunks can lose their stripes—and now we might know why Meet the newest species of tarantula. It’s electric blue. Meet the newest ...