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New DNA analysis and a reconstructed family tree could help protect it from poaching. On a museum shelf in London, a pangolin specimen collected nearly 190 years ago held genetic evidence that could change how conservationists track one of the world’s most heavily trafficked mammals. Pangolins are medium-sized mammals found only in Africa and Asia. […]
Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a rare medieval wild-boar tusk that was likely used by a warrior or noble as a good-luck charm, a new […]
The U.S. hasn’t seen measles numbers like this since 1992. An epidemiologist explains what’s driving the surge. Source: Science News
Fifty years after Southern California’s Salton Sea formed due to an engineering mishap in 1905, the giant salt lake became a booming vacation destination. Nicknamed […]