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The invasive Asian swamp eel was patient in its ambush. It lay in wait, innocuous for 15 years, an air-breathing environmental timebomb, a brooding mucus covered virus in the freshwater veins of ...

At the New York Aquarium, a beluga named Natasha swam up to a newly installed mirror and did something unexpected. She clapped her jaws. She jerked her head. She behaved, researchers noted, as though ...

Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, they can happen almost anywhere — including along roadsides and near ...

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Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...