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Paleontologists recently discovered tiny crystals of amber embedded in coal found in China's Hujiersite Formation, which dates back to the Late Devonian period, 385 million years ago. It's the oldest ...

For almost a hundred years, two hydroelectric dams on France’s Sélune River blocked Atlantic salmon from reaching their ...