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New fossil whale helps to clear up the murky origin of baleen whales.

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These rocks in the Dresser Formation, Western Australia, include layers of geyserite, demonstrating the presence of long gone hot springs 3.48 billion years old.

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Hawaii’s Big Island, as seen from the International Space Station in 2015.

The Islands Of Hawaii Hold One Of The Dirtiest Places In The World

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Published Aug. 14, 1912. (The Rodney and Otamatea Times and Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette)

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Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus) swallow snails (Credit: Aflo Co Ltd/Alamy)

There are animals that can survive being eaten

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A green tree frog in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

credit: CRAIG MCINTYRE

Images From the National Park Foundation’s Annual Photo Contest

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A 17th-century map of the moon. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/LC-USZ62-95176

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Photographer and filmmaker Andrew Studer recently photographed something stupid and illegal: someone flying a drone right next to a lava spout in Hawaii Vo

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