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Oil drilling, mining blocked from southeast New Mexico cave system
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 day agoExisting, valid mineral rights remained in place. No new prospecting permits or mineral leasing...
Wildfires in Arizona are getting worse due to invasive species, new study says
The Arizona Republic· 3 days agoWildfires in Arizona are burning hotter, faster and more often, in part due to a selection of...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Top Dollar
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThis is a classic USA TODAY crossword theme type. The word TOP in the title is a hint that the theme...
Should we ditch the names of Hitler beetles, Mussolini butterflies?
dpa international via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt is just 5 millimetres long and tends to live hidden in caves and although many experts have never...
Fungal disease kills 9 of 10 of these bats found in Pa., but it’s not the only threat
The Express-Times· 2 hours agoDusk had settled and all but a few drops of rain seemed to be staying away as one big brown bat...
How do fireflies light up?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen fireflies have finished metamorphosing and reach adulthood, they make new light organs. But the overall system is the same, with light coming from...
Youngest African penguins at National Aviary receive new names, join penguin colony
WPXI via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSEE PHOTOS OF THE PENGUINS! Rita Mae and Dave...social skills. In October, parents Patrick and Owen...
China's 'heavenly pits': The giant sinkholes that have ancient forests growing within
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoChina's southwestern karst landscape is pockmarked with dozens of enormous sinkholes that look like...
Oldest Known Human Viruses Found in 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPreviously, researchers suggested that infectious diseases could have contributed to the Neanderthals...prove that at least the genomes of these viruses can be found in Neanderthal remains," ...
The incredible case of the only known individual whose parents were two different species
UNILAD· 4 days agoA lot less is known about the Denisovans, another close relative who lived in the Lower and Middle...