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New Species: Bumblebee Gecko
The latest buzz in reptiledom—a strikingly striped lizard—comes from a little-explored Pacific island.
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Pictures: Booming Meteor Show
With cameos by auroras and a surprise sonic boom, the Lyrid meteor show this weekend left viewers (and listeners) starstruck.
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Engineered Fish Glow Green
A genetically engineered fish that glows green from the inside out is helping illuminate what pollutants do inside the body.
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Everest Guide Dies of 15-Story Fall
In the first climbing fatality of the Everest mountaineering season, a Sherpa fell 150 feet into a chasm Saturday.
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Photos: Ten Forests Under Threat
On the eve of Earth Day, find out which of the world's forests are on the brink.
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Space Pictures This Week
The sun spits a plasma cloud, Hubble peers at a tarantula's heart, a shuttle gets a new home, and more in the week's best space pictures.
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Earth Day Facts
Find out more about Earth Day, which has grown into a global tradition since its not-so-humble beginnings in 1970.
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Photos: Studies Show Gulf Spill Impact
Among other findings two years after the spill, dolphins off Louisiana's coast are severely ill, while deep-sea corals show signs of damage.
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Photos: Discovery Rolls Into New Home
NASA's "workhorse" shuttle rolled down the runway this week to become an official part of the Air and Space Museum collection.
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Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend
A dark, moonless night should offer the best view in years for a sky show known to offer occasional surprises, an astronomer says.
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