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In some kingdom, in some land, beyond seven mountains, beyond seven rivers, beyond the hills, beyond the valleys, as every good Slavic folktale ought to begin, there lay a country where all the ...

Genomic analysis suggests the common kitchen vermin spread from Europe to the world. But it wasn’t originally found in Europe. A ubiquitous household pest has unexpected origins. A cockroach that ...

With pumpkins glowing from porches, witches cackling from rooftops and cobwebs draping every corner, Halloween is all about spooky vibes, fake blood, skulls and the classic undead crew of zombies and ...

Some 3 to 5 million years ago, giant wild rabbits roamed the Mediterranean island of Minorca. These fuzzy giants of the past were six times as big... What if, one day, an ordinary cockroach scuttling ...