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Winter is a busy time at bird feeders—here’s what ornithologists recommend to attract the widest variety of birds.

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Discover how the diving bell spider constructs a silk platform underwater and uses it to trap air and make a diving bell.

If you have a cold, the foods and drinks you consume can impact how long the sickness lasts and the severity of your symptoms. Here’s what to eat and what to avoid.

The Shrooms Update landed in Schedule 1 on December 26, 2025, as part of the v0.4.2 patch, introducing mushrooms as a new ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides the first empirical evidence connecting the chromosomal location of genes to natural selection, indicating the arrangement of ...

Studying microscopic copepods, UW–Madison researchers have discovered that certain genetic mutations — called chromosomal fusions — play an important role in evolutionary adaptation. A new study by ...