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Rufino Quico remembers when his pastures turned green each November as spring rains arrived on the high Andean plain where his herd of...

Between 75 and 72 million years ago in what is now Chilean Patagonia, the carcass of a stubby-tailed dinosaur somehow ended up buried in...

Doctors once believed that infants—especially premature babies—did not feel pain, and if they did, they would not remember it. This might...

For millions of people, malaria creates a grim drumbeat of death, heartbreak, and loss: Every seven seconds, someone gets a case of...

COVID-19 is now the deadliest disease in American history, surpassing the death toll of the devastating 1918 flu pandemic. More than...

The giant panda, China’s national animal, is a global symbol of cuteness. But the black-and-white bears have long suffered for their...

If any group understands the toll misinformation can take on the public understanding of science, it’s climate scientists. For years,...

Molly Cassidy was studying for the Arizona bar exam in February 2019 when she felt an excruciating pain in her ear. The pain eventually...

Nature displays a full spectrum of colors, far beyond the reds, greens, and blues that make up modern screen technology. This makes it...

When walking along San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, it’s nearly impossible to miss the sand dollars that dot the shoreline. At almost any...

It’s orange, fluorescent, and the size of a thumbnail. Meet the newly discovered amphibian Brachycephalus rotenbergae, a type of pumpkin...

An orangutan named Karen, the first in the world to have open-heart surgery in 1994, has made medical history again: She’s among the...

You’ve probably heard of Dolly the sheep. Now, meet Elizabeth Ann, the black-footed ferret. Scientists have successfully cloned an...

FOR RICHARD GORDON, origami is like a piece of music. While an individual fold may not be particularly impressive, many together can make...

When news broke in April that the drug remdesivir had been shown to speed recovery in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, Anthony Fauci,...