Identified as an Arctic fox, the animal is believed to have been kept in captivity far from its native habitat in the tundra.

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A 2,471-pound gourd from Minnesota has triumphed at the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off . Its grower, ...

The HMS "Trooper" likely sank after hitting an underwater German mine off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea in 1943 ...

Two comb jellies can merge their digestive and nervous systems and even sync their bodily functions, according to new ...

The Smithsonian partners with NASA to present the Earth Information Center, a larger-than-life display that visualizes ...

A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years. At its simplest the ...

Eight years into living in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, I embrace the seasonal plunge into total ...

A small team of local scientists are fighting rapid industrialization, misinformation and more to save Europe’s iconic cat ...

The final 3D atlas of the sky will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy, which make up 96 percent of the ...

Experts added a carbon fiber pole to help anchor the "Apollo Belvedere," which had developed cracks along the legs and knees.

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