Burmese pythons are being spotted farther and farther north in Florida and could reach other states, experts warn. 'It really does feel like an alien invasion,' one scientist said.

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A Burmese python with light green, white, and black coloring loops over itself while sitting on a patch of grass.
A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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A 51-year-old man stumbled across the 'gold find of the century' with a metal detector after his doctor told him to get outside more often

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Amazing what a metal detector can find.

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Scientists uncover a 'bizarre' leggy dinosaur unlike anything seen before, and it could rewrite the history of bird evolution

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An artist's impression of 150-million-year-old avialan theropod Fujianvenator prodigiosus shows a leggy, plumed dinosaur screatching as it stands over a prey.
An artist's impression of Fujianvenator prodigiosus. Scientists think this dinosaur could be a much needed missing link in the history of bird evolution around the Jurassic period.

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My miserable, euphoric, muddy escape from Burning Man

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A fiery orange and red scene is covered with bright tendrils of light swishing in and out the frame, with some exploding into spiky bulbs of light. Beneath the fiery cosmic scene, white silhouettes of dancing bodies swivel around, prancing in mud.
Despite the food rationing, the mandatory pee bottles, and the malfunctioning infrastructure, Burners scraped the dirt off their shoes and got down.

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Japan launched an X-ray telescope more advanced than its peers

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Hunting alligators is actually good for the environment and people

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An alligator in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.

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The Great Salt Lake has lost half its water, and a new lawsuit says it's Utah state lawmakers' fault

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A young person runs through the Great Salt Lake on June 15, 2023, near Magna, Utah. A coalition of environmental organizations sued the state of Utah on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, based on accusations that it is not doing enough make sure enough water gets to the shrinking Great Salt Lake.

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4 Roman-era swords were found perfectly preserved in their scabbards in a cave. They were as sharp as if they were hidden today, scientists said.

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Scientists discovered four perfectly preserved Roman swords hiding in a cave near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.

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African skulls pillaged during German colonial rule have been matched to living relatives after DNA tests

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A skull from an indigenous Namibian on display at the Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, September 30, 2011, which was later restituted to the Namibian government. This skull was likely from a Herero or Nami tribe-person who was killed in a brutal war with German colonizers.

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Australia used a $528 million icebreaker to pull off a daring Antarctic rescue mission after an expeditioner fell ill at a remote research station

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A side-by-side composite of the RSV Nuyina and the Casey research center.
The RSV Nuyina (left) traveled more than 1,800 miles to rescue a sick expeditioner at Australia's Casey research center in Antartica (right).

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