Environment
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Polar ice feels the heat
This is the first of a two-part series on global climate change.
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Fear Matters
Halloween can scare kids and make them act strange. But animals and ecosystems respond to fear every day of the year.
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Acid snails
Changing chemistry in the world's oceans could affect the ability of a snail to defend itself.
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Lessons from a lonely tortoise
In the Galapagos Islands, scientists are struggling to save some of the most endangered creatures in the world.
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Where have all the bees gone?
More than one-fourth of the honeybees in the United States have disappeared since last fall, and scientists are trying to figure out why.
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Food web woes
If sharks disappeared from the oceans, rays might thrive, but shellfish would probably suffer.
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Life under ice
Researchers unexpectedly find a community of sea creatures in the ocean beneath an ice shelf.
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Shrimpy invaders
A shrimplike creature that has invaded the Great Lakes could spell big trouble for young fish.
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Earth-friendly fabrics
Shirts made from bamboo, socks made from corn, and jackets made from chicken feathers may be in your fashion future.
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To catch a dragonfly
Dragonflies are giving researchers new ways to think about relationships among animals.
