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Octopus Genome Reveals Secrets to Complex Intelligence The largest invertebrate genetic code unleashes clues to camouflage, suckers, evolution.

Octopuses ‘are aliens’, scientists decide after DNA study

Greenland Sharks The Longest Lived Vertebrates


Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Study Suggests

Opinion: We Didn’t Domesticate Dogs. They Domesticated Us. Scientists argue that friendly wolves sought out humans.


Singapore's celebrity urban otter family

Arctic Foxes 'Grow' Their Own Gardens The little carnivores' colorful dens provide veritable oases in the tundra, a new study says.

New Fossil Discovery Suggests Unicorns Might Have Been Real


Edible Rings On Six-Packs Feed Marine Life If They End Up In The Ocean

The Great Barrier Reef Lives and Great Barrier Reef Obituary Goes Viral, To The Horror Of Scientists “The message should be that it isn’t too late ... not we should all give up.”

Giant Coral Reef in Protected Area Shows New Signs of Life


Goodbye World: We’ve Passed the Carbon Tipping Point For Good

'Healing' detected in Antarctic ozone hole