Calamites Calamites is an extinct genus of plants that look like trees and had thrived during the Carboniferous period for about 300 million years ago. They are related to modern horsetails as ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

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An extremely rare orchid is once again blooming in the United Kingdom's wilderness — almost a century after it was presumed ...

In many countries, women are having fewer babies than their previous generations. As birth rates fall, how long will it take ...

While some firefly populations are dwindling, you can still spot lightening bugs in the Iowa skies during the right times of ...

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For the first time in its history, Bangladesh is attempting to protect five species from extinction by increasing their ...

In this video, we explore the construction of a mini hydroelectric dam as part of a science project. Learn about the ...

MÉRIDA, Venezuela- José Betancourt, 75, climbed to the glacier of Pico Bolívar, Venezuela’s highest peak, 158 times before it ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a young ant. Insidiously, the fungus orchestrated the ant’s demise. The ant ...