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Dating to the mid-fourth century AD, it is the oldest archaeologically documented church in the country and provides ...

Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution. The ...

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A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite ...