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The museum's theater and several galleries surrounding the atrium will be closed during the $7.5 million project. -
There are plenty of ways to volunteer at the Birch Aquarium. But did you know scuba divers can also lend a hand, or a fin? They clean the tanks, feed the fish and teach visitors about our oceans. -
Chlamydia in koalas can cause blindness, infertility and even death. -
Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit. -
These hairy spiders spend almost all of their lives underground. But when it's time to mate, they must brave the great outdoors before they perish. -
Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades. -
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. -
In a new paper, researchers describe a bizarre dinosaur with thorny spines along its neck and back that made its home in Africa more than 165 million years ago. -
The fluffy Siberian forest cat upstages Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Regina King and Bad Bunny in the new action comedy Caught Stealing. -
At one shelter, kennels are hosed down with dogs inside them and the vast majority of dogs do not have beds, leaving them to sleep on concrete floors.
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