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By Heather Chen, CNN What seemed like an innocent Christmas gift of 24 English rabbits in 1859 would go on to become Australia’s “most devastating biological invasion,” according to a new study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wild rabbits are not native to Australia and are considered an invasive species. Farmers

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mission is ready to launch. That’s the result of NASA’s Flight Readiness Review, which was conducted on Monday. The review was an in-depth assessment of the preparedness of the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) stack, consisting of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, currently sitting on the launchpad at

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The climate crisis is devastating the world’s glaciers. As they melt, ecosystems are destroyed and local industries are ravaged — and perhaps most critically, a major source of fresh water vanishes. For the first time, researchers have used historical imagery to reconstruct a visual timeline of Switzerland’s glaciers, which they found

By Katie Hunt, CNN A wagging tail, a loving lick, a playful jump, a heart-melting gaze. You know when your dog is happy to see you. Now, new research from Japanese scientists suggests that a dog’s eyes may well up with tears of happiness when reunited with their owner after a period of absence. The

By Heather Chen, CNN US President Joe Biden and Western leaders on Sunday stressed the need for the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit the Zaporizhzhia power plant in southeastern Ukraine, where shelling has sparked fears of a disaster, according to a White House statement. The statement issued Sunday said Biden held a conference call

By Ralph Ellis, CNN British boxing champion Tyson Fury said his cousin was stabbed to death Sunday as he called on the UK government to take steps to curb knife crimes. “My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck, this is becoming ridiculous idiots carry knives,” Fury said on social media. “This needs

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Paradise Wildlife Park’s newest resident isn’t just adorable — it’s also a crucial addition to its species’ endangered population. The Hertfordshire zoo in the United Kingdom welcomed a newborn red panda in July, according to a news release. The tiny cub is currently called “Red Panda” while the zoo waits

By Marlon Sorto, CNN A court in Mexico on Friday ordered the arrest warrants of 83 people allegedly involved in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The orders were issued against “20 military commanders and troop personnel from battalions 27 and 41 in the city of Iguala, as

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Where would we be without dreams? It’s a question raised in the new Netflix fantasy drama “The Sandman,” based on a thought-provoking comic book series by Neil Gaiman that envisions human traits and experiences as anthropomorphic forms who exist within an unconventional family. But the discussion of dreams is also something

By Natalie Croker, Renée Rigdon, Judson Jones, Carlotta Dotto and Angela Dewan, CNN To be stuck “up a river without a paddle” is an expression for a sticky situation you just can’t get out of. But if that river happens to be in the northern hemisphere this summer, it’s likely the paddle won’t be helpful,

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Faster than any shark alive today and big enough to eat an orca in just five bites: A new study suggests the extinct shark known as a megalodon was an even more impressive superpredator than scientists realized before. The Otodus megalodon, the inspiration behind the 2018 film “The Meg,” lived more

By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are 13 different regions near the lunar south pole where the first woman and next man on the moon could land through NASA’s Artemis III mission in 2025, according to the agency. The announcement comes as NASA is preparing for the launch of Artemis I, the first uncrewed mission that

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN A bubble-breathing lizard, shelter-seeking elephants and a ravenous bat are just a few of the images in a spectacular showcase of nature’s weird and wonderful creatures unveiled in this year’s BMC Ecology and Evolution Image Competition. But it’s the photo of a “zombie” fungus-infected fly that has been crowned the overall

By Jennifer Henderson, Chris Boyette, Delia Gallagher and Paula Newton, CNN A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of more than 100 victims of sexual assault dating back to the 1940s at the hands of members of Quebec’s Roman Catholic Archiepiscopal Corporation and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec. In that lawsuit, a woman

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice — a place where snow floats upward. The underwater snow forms in the global ocean and travels up though the water to attach to submerged ravines and inverted ice peaks, according to new research. This same

By Megan Marples, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is using infrared light to reveal otherwise invisible aspects of the universe — and capturing stunning imagery in the process. Among the wonders it’s discovering and observing are exoplanetary systems, which each consist of a planet outside of our solar system and its host star, and