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For a creature so tiny — most are around an eighth of an inch long — the display is surprisingly complex and visual

The ancient animals, which spit an immobilizing material onto prey, hadn't been spotted before because they spend most of their lives hidden in soil to keep their permeable skin moist

Some of the injuries are so new that they currently lack names in the medical literature

Monarch butterflies may take as many as five generations to make it from Mexico to southern Canada and back again

The lingering questions include how the radioactivity might contaminate ocean life that humans eat

New research suggests reconciliation between two competing theories about the prehistoric origins of carnivores

New research shows freshwater organisms fared better than others after the most recent extinction event

High rates of tooth growth helped sauropods eat vegetation, scientists say

A greener fuel "less toxic than caffeine" could replace NASA's dangerous hydrazine rocket propellant

The chances of surviving a plane crash are already good, but a few tips can help you beat the odds

A consumer advocacy organization crowned Long John Silver's platter as the "worst restaurant meal"

The aromatic plants, placed in a burial pit dating to nearly 14,000 years ago, sheds light on some of the rituals used by one of the earliest human cultures living in fixed settlements

A centuries-old Shortraker Rock-fish may be the oldest of its species ever landed

The record-breaking heat wave has been caused by A settled high-pressure system, says the National Weather Service

Legislation enacted in 1970 may have drastically improved Atlanta's rainfall values

CDC Research suggests that increasing prescriptions and physiological differences are driving a rise in deaths

Scientists show that male genes linked to taste may play a role in sperm production

Experts are calling for a consensus on laws concerning postmortem sperm retrieval

Original estimates of this summer's cicada swarms may have overlooked an important variable—localization

A lack of structural online boundaries tempts users into spending countless hours on the Web

The eggs' alleged aphrodisiac properties have made it popular amongst Panamanian poachers, who have contributed to a 30 percent rise in turtle egg poaching since 1996

Using a machine that creates beams of radioactive atomic nuclei, CERN physicists found the ionization potential of astatine

Snow cover across the Rockies has been shrinking since 1980. This meltwater accounts for 80 percent of the annual water supply for more than 70 million people in the U.S.

Major or clinical depression seems to alter the genes that regulate sleep and waking