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Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves.

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A 77-pound mountain lion caused a stir as it wandered through San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood. The 2-year-old ...

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Look up at the sky—what do you see? During the day, it’s a vast expanse of blue with clouds drifting by. At night, it’s a ...

Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...

Here's some science trivia for you: unlike the inner retina in most animals (including us), birds' inner retinas function without oxygen. And now, researchers led by a team from Aarhus University in ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

Here's why the astronauts have brushed up on lunar geology, even though they won't land.