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The cat-carried parasite Toxoplasma gondi has been associated with a variety of illnesses, but you can take simple precautions.

We've rounded up some adorable wombat photos and some surprising facts about the wombat.

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak around Aug. 12 this year.

The folk hero planted many an apple tree, but not for the reasons you might think.

Research by these women has changed the way we think about space — from dark matter to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Adapting employees’ skills and roles to the post-pandemic ways of working will be crucial to building operating-model resilience.

Spring is a great time to renew your commitment to being green. A few suggestions: Walk or bike instead of driving, drive smoothly and more slowly to increase g

These days, everyone is taking more responsibility for the choices they make.

It's hard to get a read on Polaris because it's too bright for our equipment. Plus, other cool facts about the North Star.

Websites like FamilyTreeNow and even Whitepages have a surprising amount of your personal information.

Common questions parents aren’t asking their dentist about their children's teeth and gums, but should be.

Packed with protein, calcium and probiotics, yogurt is a popular dairy staple available in lots of varieties.

Dig into some new winter flavors with root vegetables. Add seasonal flavor with parsnips, rutabagas, turnips, and others.

Thousands of drilling rigs are idle and roustabouts are being laid off. Why not put them to work drilling for renewable energy?

Could virtual reality change our relationship with the natural world?

Once the 2011 tsunami rolled back into the ocean, it swept marine life as far away as California.

The Inaccessible Island rail (Atlantisia rogersi) can only be found on a single Atlantic island in the middle of nowhere. Here's how it got there.

People donated about $50 each to help save and restore the historic La Mothe-Chandeniers castle in France.

Mark your calendar for math holidays that celebrate moles, spirals and an endless string of numbers!

If you watched the Great American Eclipse of 2017, here's how you can tell if you hurt your eyesight in the process.

Sand dollars are echinoids that live on the ocean floor. You may enjoy collecting their shells, but how much do you really know about these quiet creatures?

If your favorite sport involves dog competitors, you are in for a treat on Thanksgiving Day when perfectly coiffed pooches representing 187 breeds and varieties

A UPS driver thought he saw something in the snow. Turns out it was a tiny, white puppy that had been abandoned.

You might hibernate when it snows, but your dog loves playing in a winter wonderland.

This pesticide used in farming is linked to health issues in children.

Hurricane Dorian was the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas. These photos show the destruction.

If you've ever wondered what hamsters and the French Revolution have to do with the first day of fall, we've got the answers.

While parts of the country were still sweltering, the West was hit by a weekend snowfall.

A snowstorm in Sedona, Arizona, turned the place known for its red rocks into a winter wonderland.

From temperature to location, so many factors can impact snowfall.

A photographer in Montana filmed bubbles freezing in winter weather, and they resemble snow globes.

Video shows a dragon made of snow with fireworks coming out of it as a massive snowstorm moves through the northern U.S.

Hearing thunder during a snowstorm is uncommon. Here's what to expect if you witness the rare weather event.

What do eggs, shamrocks and monuments have to do with the first day of spring?

Researchers at University College London find only 4 genes determine each nose shape.

What started with casual Friday has morphed into "casual most of the time" — and much of that change has happened in just the last five years.

The former vice president has benefited from sustainable investments, Silicon Valley leadership and the sale of Current TV.

2016 will be the year that holodecks becomes real. Sort of.

Despite their continued popularity, fitness trackers may not deliver on the promises they make.

Explore.org and the Owl Research Institute team up for a live cam that offers a rare glimpse of an arctic snow owl nest in Alaska.

Squirrels pay close attention to bird chatter to find out if there's a predator nearby.

A new policy allows research animals at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be adopted into forever homes when their experiments end.

You're probably not washing your hands the right way, a new study shows. And if you use hand dryers, you're spreading germs everywhere.

A never-before-seen coronavirus discovered in China is spreading, causing COVID-19. How worried should you be?

We answer all your questions about coronavirus face masks, from how to make one to who needs to wear one and what each kind of mask does.

With fewer people working and more people in need, food banks are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From many miles above, the seemingly neat and orderly seaweed "fields" resemble blocks of text from books.

Eating bioregionally is gaining in popularity. Here's what you need to know, including how it differs from the locavore moment.

Traces of the weed killer glyphosate are increasingly being found in food, but the public is at a loss of how to process that information.