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A Costa Rican cattle ranch became a wildlife haven with 440 bird species

Native plants are helping restore habitat in Florida's Saint Sebastian River

D’Arros shearwater colony grew nearly 10-fold after rats were eradicated

After losing her mother to MS, J.K. Rowling gave £10m to research

Scientists found at least 10 likely new species of bizarre branching worms inside sea sponges

Magenta solar panels made broccoli use sunlight 4.5 times more efficiently

Meet Nathan, the Texas seventh-grader who turned shellfish waste into a water-cleaning project

Meet the Indian-origin seventh-grader who boosted atmospheric water output by 117%

Meet the eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler to study rural health surveillance

Maryland planted 2.49 billion oyster seeds in Harris Creek, creating 343 acres of healthy reef

Cats wearing anti-hunting bibs cut activity 15%, but roaming stayed unchanged

Scientists revive 160-million-year-old proteins to fight drug-resistant bacteria

Scientists tracked a Florida butterfly and found that hurricanes helped its population recover

A signal from beyond: Astronomers detect radio waves from a planet 63 light-years away

RHS Rocket Science Experiment: ISS flight slows seed growth; Mars food plans still viable

Military clothing fabric placed over strawberries produced 3.56 times more fruit

London sent 3 million tonnes of railway soil to rebuild Essex wetlands; bird numbers hit 39,000

Astronomers spot giant bow shock around magnetic white dwarf 730 light-years away

Nile perch introduced to Lake Victoria years ago transformed its fishery and threatened cichlids