A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

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Scientists tested crows on their ability to recognize “geometric regularity,” a skill previously assumed to be unique to ...

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