SPRINGFIELD — A revamped exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum begins with an eastern box turtle as a greeter, a colony ...

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Over its 50+ lifespan, the Planet of the Apes film franchise has never won an Academy Award — unless, of course, you count ...

The move comes as enrollment has dropped and the higher education landscape "has evolved," according to the school's director ...

Peat bogs sequester a huge amount of carbon dioxide. But as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, they're under threat.

As residents of two downtown Toronto neighbourhoods say city efforts have failed to reduce a spate of coyote attacks on pet ...

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