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For many decades, textbooks taught that hippos vanished from the center of Europe upon the onset of the Ice Age. However, a ...

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Researchers found tiny amber pieces in Antarctica’s seafloor. The discovery proves the continent once had forests.

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Far in the rolling highlands of north China, a serene basin once held one of mankind’s best survival stories. The Nihewan ...

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Satellite images from NOAA and NASA show California and the Sierra Nevada mountains before and after the recent snowstorm, ...