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The Rev. Paul E. Captez, pastor of Christ Church by the Sea, reflects on how enriching it is to have a pet dog as a companion and encourages others to adopt a rescue pet.

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Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

It's the forgotten meat that once fed families on a shoestring budget— cheap to raise, easy to produce, and now ... almost ...

Termites are among the most successful animals on Earth, forming vast societies that can number in the millions. But how did such complex social systems evolve from solitary ancestors that looked much ...

Tracing the emergence of termites back to cockroaches, scientists have found that termites didn’t become more socially complex by gaining new genes, but by losing them. The findings shed new light on ...

Exotic animal smuggling leads to arrests of three Kalyan-Dombivli men; officials now probing for signs of wider trafficking ...

Shark and ray populations are struggling across the world due to overfishing and other threats. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help them recover. The report ...