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A pregant tsetse fly.
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A Tsetse Fly Births One Enormous Milk-Fed Baby
A researcher at the University of California, Davis is studying the unique way in which these flies reproduce to find new ways to combat sleeping sickness.
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A monarch butterfly nectaring on swamp milkweed.
Just 29,000 Western Monarch Butterflies Are Left in California. That's Down From Millions
Monarch butterflies from across the western U.S. migrate to California for the winter. A new count shows a species in continued decline.
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A woman recieves a flu shot.
The Flu is a Bigger Health Threat in the U.S. than Novel Coronavirus
This season the flu has killed more than 8,200 people in the U.S., including at least 54 children.
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Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a road during a Lunar New Year of the Rat public holiday in Hong Kong on January 27, 2020.
Experts Warn Containing Global Spread of Coronavirus May No Longer Be Feasible
"We're living with a new human virus," one expert said.
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Sean de Guzman (right), chief of California Department of Water Resources, Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section, inserts a survey pole into the snow during the second media snow survey of the year at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on January 30, 2020.
After a Dry January, California Snowpack is Trending Below Normal
State water officials say the Sierra Nevada snowpack is measuring below average for this time of year.
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Warm Water 'Blob' Led to Fatal Whale Entanglements. Here's Why
 
Between 2014 and 2016, a severe marine heat wave, nicknamed 'the blob,' coincided with an unprecedented number of humpback whale fatalities stemming from entanglements with fishing gear. Researchers say it was no coincidence.
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Cities' Lawsuits Seeking Damages for Climate Change Reach Critical Juncture
 
Big oil and gas companies maneuver to steer the lawsuits into federal court, setting the stage for a possible showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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