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The Department of the Interior seeks to remove the lesser prairie chicken’s endangered species designation. What would that mean?

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With cameras down their throats, metal singers show how they produce growls, screams, and squeals without damaging their vocal tissues. Vocalist Mark Garrett (center) with fellow members of the ...

Dr. Michael Schatz is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Biology at Johns Hopkins University. His main research interest is to understand the structure and function of ...