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Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom: how they work, why they've taken the form they have, and the ...

Lakefront coho and Illinois' inland trout opening on Saturday lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Roy P. Mackal, a University of Chicago scientist, fruitlessly pursued the creature for decades. One of his long-lost ...

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Fancy a dip in America's deepest lake? You'll have to hurry, as officials have unveiled plans to ban open water swimmers after the summer season. Swimming in Crater Lake, in south western Oregon ...