A significant percentage of waterborne microplastic pollution takes the form of synthetic microfibers, which are shed by our clothes as they're being washed. A new device known as Gulp lets homeowners ...

Almost all known snake species eat their prey whole, in a single and sometimes monumental gulp. But scientists have found an exception to this general rule in the cat-eyed water snake (Gerarda ...

In fact, it's happened so often that there's a scientific term for it: carcinization. If you close your eyes and think of a crab, you might picture a round, flat body. Big front claws and multiple ...

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