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[:es]Why So Many Sharks Have Bird Feathers in Their Bellies[:]

Spoiler: Migration is hard.
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[:es]A Truly Remarkable Spider[:]

The spider Hyptiotes reinvented the concept of the web, building an extraordinary, spring-loaded trap.
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[:es]Mysterious Rings Around Reefs Have No Simple Explanation[:]

These strange, barren halos are thought to be the work of fearful fish—but the reality is far more complicated.
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[:es]The Cataclysmic Break That (Maybe) Occurred in 1950[:]

Sixty-nine years ago, a new geological era may have begun on Earth.
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[:es]Netflix’s Our Planet Says What Other Nature Series Have Omitted[:]

In a groundbreaking move, the beautiful but uncomfortable documentary forces viewers to acknowledge their own complicity in the decline of nature.
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[:es]The Worst Disease Ever Recorded[:]

A doomsday fungus known as Bd has condemned more species to extinction than any other pathogen.
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[:es]Beware the Medusavirus[:]

A newly discovered giant virus turns its victims to “stone.”
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[:es]The Very Optimistic New Argument for Dimming the Sky[:]

Geo-engineering won’t hurt a bit, at least compared with climate change—and it deserves serious investigation, according to the authors of a recent study.
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[:es]Moving Stars Might Speed the Spread of Alien Life[:]

Intelligent planet-hoppers could populate a galaxy in as little as 650,000 years.