One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Good fairies, ogres, and a wide assortment of organisms not of this planet made their way through the gates of the 4th Annual Fairy & Magickal Creatures Festival on Saturday. Many of ...

In western India, a shallow roadside basalt rock pond serves all sorts of passersby. Cattle use it for drinking and bathing; aquatic beetles, plants and tadpoles live below the surface; and it is a ...

Scientists found an “eyeless” cave creature with a “large hump” in an underground river of China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Mao, Sudasinghe, Chen, Yang and ...