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He has fine-tuned his stylistic vision so well that it’s impossible to imagine someone else could have made this movie,” ...

Cultural and community leaders of Nch’i-Wána, or Columbia River, tribes share perspectives and oral histories on America’s most famous cryptid — as a spiritual being that teaches one to enter into a ...

There are many great modern creature features, but they would be nothing without classic entries that are still fun to watch ...

The plucky humpback chub has weathered dams and invasive species, but climate change and a dwindling river flow pose new threats. Humpback chubs swim over bluehead suckers beneath a waterfall in the ...

You better know where you're going when traveling down South Carolina's old country roads. Down in these parts, it's common to take a wrong turn, and if you don't have your GPS booted up, you could ...

Found in swampy areas of North America, the star-nosed mole's titular appendage consists of 22 probes with 25,000 sensory ...

A new study exploring the structure of a tardigrade’s DNA damage-supressor protein could unlock a pathway to new levels of ...

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

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