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Disgusting? Sure. But invaluable in today's post-surgical ward.

Meet the icy continent's menagerie of microbes.

Gangs and mafiosos have a long history with food crime.

After devastating Australian bushfires, root vegetables could help the brush-tailed rock-wallaby hang on.

What they actually smell like seems to be in the nose of the beholder.

In the absence of stone tools, bivalves would have to do.

Even at $209 a pound, it’s expected to sell out shortly.

Some ash particles will blow or wash away, but others will get sealed into the sedimentary record.

Dr. Howard Conyers is preserving a community tradition.

Even marauding Norsemen can be guilty of entrepreneurial overreach.

It's a classic good wasp/bad wasp situation.

The current crisis has pushed the country to consider cultural burning.

In the Lowcountry, the unique shade is both protective talisman and source of unspeakable suffering.

She's the only woman veteran honored with a monument at West Point. But where was she buried?

The 14-page speech is now the world’s most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.

The artist, Gilberto Guzman, once wanted to restore the painting. But state officials say it’s too unstable.

Henri Langlois rescued thousands of rare reels, but was "famously bad" at caring for them.