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How did Jesus 'multiply' his fish? A new study provides an answer that is more science than miracle

Scientists say a natural event may explain the miracle of fish multiplication in the Bible.

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Florida scientists are giving coral IVF treatments to help bolster dying reef

Coral reefs are experiencing mass bleaching and die-off events. Scientists are now looking for ways…

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A Massachusetts mother died after trying to save her 6-year-old son who fell in a river. Officials are working to recover his body.

A family was fishing Thursday on Deer Island in Massachusetts when two children fell into the Merri…

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Dinosaurs dying off might not have be been the biggest mass extinction on Earth

Rocks found in Canada indicate that there might have been an even larger mass extinction befor…

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Thousands of migratory birds are 'falling out of the sky' in a mass die-off that could be linked to the West Coast wildfires

Witnesses say birds display unusual behavior before their deaths, including becoming lethargic or f…

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A giant seaweed mass heading for Florida's beaches is full of potentially dangerous bacteria that threatens a 'pathogen storm,' a study found

The bacteria Vibrio can stick to the plastic debris in a vast mass of Sargassum seaweed headed towa…

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Thousands of dead fish have washed up on Florida's beaches - and officials say to expect even more unless a state of emergency is declared

The Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg areas recorded having to clean up some 800 tons of dead fish since…

Cheryl Teh   


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Frogs are dying off at record rates - an ominous sign the 6th mass extinction is hitting one group of creatures hardest

According to a recent study in the journal Science, chytridiomycosis has wreaked havoc on frog, toa…

Aylin Woodward   


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Insects are dying off at record rates - an ominous sign we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction

In 2017, a study indicated that 75% of Germany's flying insects had disappeared since the 1990s. An…

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Sharks once nearly disappeared in an abrupt extinction event 'twice as extreme' as the one that killed the dinosaurs

By studying ancient shark scales collected 3 miles under the Pacific waves, experts found that the …

Aylin Woodward   


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Hundreds of the world's smallest penguins are washing up dead on New Zealand's shores. An expert says it's the third 'mass death' event in 10 years.

Many of the penguins had starved to death, and it's because climate change made ocean waters too ho…

Waiyee Yip   


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Scientists have discovered that Earth's worst mass extinction was caused by climate change. It was called the 'Great Dying.'

Scientists have offered several hypotheses for the cause of this event, which marked the end of the…

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12 signs we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction

Although it may not be obvious, another devastating mass extinction event is taking place today - t…

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At least 270 pilot whales are stranded at sandbanks in Australia — and a third of them have already died

“While strandings are not uncommon in Tasmania, and while strandings of this scale aren’t (u…

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Millions of mayflies swarm lakeside communities each summer. 48 hours later they die, leaving behind a slippery mess that can make roads dangerous.

Videos posted online show mayflies, which are harmless, blanketing the surfaces of stores, gas pump…

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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and author James Altucher are tussling over whether New York City is dying. Here's why both men are right.

Altucher tells Business Insider he sees two major differences from the 1970s and NYC will struggle …

Nick Lichtenberg   


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North America has lost nearly 3 billion birds in the last 50 years - another sign that we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction

"The global biodiversity crisis has come to America's backyard here. When people picture losses, th…

Aylin Woodward   


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The American suburbs as we know them are dying

Ruby Tuesday is in search of a new CEO and in the process of selling 95 restaurants amidst falling …

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Scientists say we're witnessing the planet's sixth mass extinction - and 'biological annihilation' is the latest sign

"The Earth has experienced five mass extinctions before the one we are living through now, each so …

Kevin Loria