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The Trogloraptor is at once a new species, genus and family of spider. Photo by California Academy of Sciences. The Trogloraptor, a cave-dwelling spider with peculiar, talon-like claws, hangs upside down from strands of spider silk, legs dangling in…

EmbedVideo(4168, 482, 304); On the Joides Resolution research vessel, a team of scientists study the Earth's climate history by drilling deep into the ocean floor and analyzing the deep sea dirt. Two weeks ago the…

Northwestern Michigan calls itself the Cherry Capital of the World and supplies most of the country's tart cherries. That wasn't possible in 2012 and may become increasingly harder. We follow the cherry from field to pie to learn about the…