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The Pando Aspen Clone, considered the world's largest single organism, is being eaten by deer and elk.

Deer are consuming the world's largest organism, killing off its opportunity for growth

World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

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These award-winning photos are guaranteed to make you laugh

Amber containing the germinating pine cone.

Amber captures rare plant behavior in an ancient, extinct pine cone

This is how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Anthropology - Neanderthal man skull (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis) from La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France.

Ancient case of disease spillover discovered in Neanderthal man who got sick butchering raw meat

The dinosaur bones of Parrosaurus missouriensis, Missouri's state dinosaur, were uncovered over four years, starting in 2017.

Missouri dig site is home to at least 4 rare dinosaurs, and there could be more

Meat-eating vulture bees have evolved special gut bacteria to feast on flesh

Illustration of NASA's DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

NASA launches mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space

Illustration of NASA's DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

NASA will launch mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space

MARSEILLE - FRANCE - AUGUST 02 : A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) moving on the seabed, on august 02, 2017 in Marseille, France. The Mediterranean represents a hotspot of marine biodiversity. With only 1% of the world's oceans and seas, it is home to nearly 10% of the world's marine species. There are also hundreds of endemic species. (Photo by Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images).

Lobsters and crabs are sentient beings and shouldn't be boiled alive, UK report says

Why we're grateful for the tiny Ingenuity helicopter on Mars

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is scheduled to fly to space for the first time as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 mission launching to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will make a historic trip as the first Black woman on the space station crew

November's full moon will be the longest partial lunar eclipse in over 500 years

ANKARA,TURKEY - NOVEMBER 17: Leonids meteor streaks across the sky over Gudul district of Ankara, Turkey on November 17, 2020. (Photo by Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower tonight

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei prepares chile peppers, which were grown during a separate food production initiative aboard the International Space Station.

Bread baking, fresh strawberries claim top spots in NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge

The city of Kathmandu, Nepal, seen at the bottom left of this Landsat 9 image, lies in a valley south of the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China. Glaciers, and the lakes formed by glacial meltwater, are visible in the top middle of this image.

New images show just how much our world has changed

Haddie, a rare cotton candy-colored lobster caught off the coast of Maine.

A rare 'cotton candy' lobster named Haddie was caught in Maine this week