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The end of summer and beginning of autumn mean warm days and cold nights; bring one of these sweaters along to keep comfy.

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Stephen Hawking, the renowned theoretical physicist, lived for 50 years with ALS, a group of rare neurological diseases, but he never let it define him.

Two goats discovered along subway tracks in Brooklyn are on now safely on their way to Farm Sanctuary.

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White-nose syndrome is obliterating bats across North America, but a new study suggests the fungus behind the plague has an Achilles' heel.

Stumbling upon these beautiful coral mushrooms makes a walk in the forest extra special.

A new study looks at the co-evolutionary 'arms race' between a brood parasite and its hosts.

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Photographer Chris Perani painstakingly combines thousands of exposures to create each individual image.

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There are many candlelit activities to do with family or friends when you turn off the lights for an hour to raise awareness about climate change.

In 'Caribou Rainforest,' wildlife photographer David Moskowitz tracked elusive caribou through their rainforest habitat in the Pacific Northwest.

The Scottish wildcat, an adorable yet fierce native cat species, may disappear within the next few years.

In mere days this June, a glacial lake in the Himalayas lost the equivalent of 42 Olympic-size swimming pools of water and then slowly refilled. And for the fir

A tourist was able to photograph the epic collapse of Patagonian ice bridge Perito Moreno into an icy lake below.

Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models.

The glacier-carved inlets play an outsized role in the global carbon cycle, a new study reports.

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A video interview with Benoit Jacob, the luxury carmaker's new electric and hybrid vehicle line's designer.

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