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If it’s April 9, then it’s time to celebrate National Unicorn Day. This unique holiday is a whimsical tribute to many ...

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One study has shown that muskrat populations in the Northeast have declined by 75 percent from our ponds, swamps and marshes ...

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Colossal Biosciences—the company whose mission is “de-extinction”—has pulled off one of the wildest feats in modern science: ...

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For the Japanese, summer is when the border between the real world and the spirit world becomes weak, and the legendary yōkai ...

I OFTEN think some bright spark should do an environmental audit of these climate-change summits. We’ve had 29 of them so far ...

From mesmerising museums to animal encounters, we’ve selected some of the best things to do in London with children, whatever ...