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The Northwestern pond turtle is California’s only native freshwater pond turtle species. Sidney Woodruff hide caption toggle caption Sidney Woodruff Sidney Woodruff has spent multiple summers…

Hundreds of NIH scientists protested cuts to the research agency in a declaration addressed to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption…

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with research scientist Maria Mota about her recent piece in the science journal “Nature” entitled, “Europe can capture the US brain drain…

Sailors have reported mysterious “milky seas,” or miles-long glowing patches of ocean for centuries. Some researchers have created a database to figure out why they glow.…

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low…

Joe Walsh, who has Alzheimer’s disease, is accompanied by his wife, Karen Walsh, to an appointment at Mass General Brigham Hospital in Boston. Joe is receiving…

Australia’s rates of bowel cancer in people under 50 are the highest in the world, though the reason why remains unclear, experts say.As incidences of what’s…

Happy Memorial Day, Short Wavers! This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time … and clocks. There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right…

Harriet HeywoodBBC News, CambridgeGetty ImagesEven 15 minutes’ more sleep leads to differences in how well tasks are performed, according to researchersYoung people who go to bed…

Hummingbirds gather around a hummingbird feeder filled with sugar water, in a backyard in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, July…