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20 Cool Facts About the Ice Age

An illustration of a woolly mammoth, blissfully unaware of its species impending doom.

20 Cool Facts About the Ice Age

Which Places Should We Protect First to Stop Climate Change? This Interactive Map Tells You

A look at the Global Safety Net's online map application.

Which Places Should We Protect First to Stop Climate Change? This Interactive Map Tells You

Have You Seen This Tegu? These 4-Foot-Long Lizards Are Invading Georgia and Eating Everything in Their Path

He's invasive and he knows it.

Have You Seen This Tegu? These 4-Foot-Long Lizards Are Invading Georgia and Eating Everything in Their Path

What’s the Difference Between Forests, Woods, and Jungles?

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What’s the Difference Between Forests, Woods, and Jungles?

Carlsberg Is Ditching Plastic Rings by Gluing Its Six-Packs Together

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The Surprising Role Bats Play in Making Your Margarita

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Poop Visible From Space Helped Scientists Find a Remote 'Supercolony' of Penguins

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The Troubling Consequences of the Vanishing Ice at Glacier National Park

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A Man-Made Mountain in Finland Serves as an 11,000-Tree Time Capsule

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What Is a GMO?

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How Overfishing Threatens the World's Oceans—and What We Can Do About It

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Noise Pollution Is Pouring Into Protected Natural Areas

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Virtual Reality Project Imagines What Manhattan Sounded Like in 1609

Welikia's rendering of what Manhattan and the surrounding area might have looked like in 1609. Image Credit: Welikia via Calling Thunder

This Start-Up Fits a Whole Farm in a Box

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Trees Communicate Underground (Here's How)

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Arctic Plankton Use the Moon to Navigate in Dark Winters

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