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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive branch agency responsible for safeguarding human health and protecting the environment by ensuring that people in the US have …
These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart
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Environmental change may have helped make early humans more …
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Pumped-up Poison Ivy: Carbon dioxide boosts plant's size, toxicity
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On the importance of elephant poop - Science News
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