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SOMERVILLE — When Kathy Ball-Toncic saw a broad-winged, brilliantly feathered red-tailed hawk swoop across the Somerville Community Path recently, her first reaction was awe. It had something in its ...

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When a Middlesex County couple began to notice holes burrowed into their suburban backyard more than a year ago, they weren’t sure what was to blame. Snakes? Groundhogs? Maybe, squirrels? Then Kathy ...

A new study suggests that individuals in naked mole-rat colonies are assigned specific roles, including digging, garbage transport, and “toilet” duties. Reading time 3 minutes Perhaps you live in the ...

For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...