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Happy Earth Day. Enjoy It While You Last.

by Faye Flam | Apr 25, 2017 | Opinion

The people who know the most about life on Earth tend to be the most impressed by its staying power. Harvard professor Andrew Knoll marvels that our planet has sustained life continuously for four billion years — most of its 4.5 billion years in existence. This...

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Matthew Mitchell was rushed to Gosford hospital after he was bitten on the finger by a funnel web. Photograph: Mark Baker/Reuters

Study: Spiders Eat Annually More than All Humans Put Together

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | World

London – All humans together consume an estimated 400 million tons of meat and fish annually, as reported by researches in Springer’s journal The Science of Nature. The world’s spiders eat annually: between 400 and 800 million tons of insects,...

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Sir David Attenborough, Getty images

Britain Celebrates the Eminent Attenborough’s 90TH

by Abeer Mishkhas | May 8, 2016 | World

London- Britain celebrates on May 8th the 90th of the most prominent public figure, who was elected by television viewers as Britain’s greatest living icon. Sir David Attenborough had successfully changed the face of nature and animal discovery programs, so that they...