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Over billions of years, the drive to survive, reproduce, and outcompete rivals has pushed plants and animals to incredible extremes. From strange to unbelievable, every wild behavior has deep ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Jean Placko — known as Ms. Placko to her high school students — has been a scientist her entire ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them—has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal ...