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Herpetology meets hepatology as scientists develop new tools for exploring how turtles survive freezing, oxygen-poor environments.

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Close-up of the head of the Aldabra Giant Tortoise. Her face is dirty from eating grass on a sandy beach.

How Slow Can You Go?

Chelonibia testudinaria barnacle on turtle shell

Some Barnacles Can Move Around to Improve Feeding Position

Three researchers with headlamps on stand around a loggerhead turtle on the beach while a man covers the turtle's face with a gloved hand

Tiny Hitchhikers Reveal Turtles’ Movements and Foraging Ecology

Image of the Day: Rescued Hatchlings

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Turtle Embryos May Have a Say in Deciding Their Sex

Image of The Day: Open-and-Shut Case

Herpetologists’ League Revokes Distinguished Herpetologist Award

Image of the Day: Sea Turtle Rescue

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Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

A person on an operation table getting anesthesia. A study revealed sex differences in ketamine anesthesia.

Female Brains Wake Up from Anesthesia Differently Than Male Brains

A woman in her 60s wears a yellow tank top and brown-rimmed glasses while placing a hormone-replacement patch on her upper arm.

Flawed Studies Linked Menopausal Hormone Therapy to Breast Cancer

A painting depicts an operation with a patient under anesthesia as doctors surround him and other doctors watch from the operating theater.

The Origin of Anesthesia: Feuding Scientists, War, and Dart Poison

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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Mapping Tissues with Spatial Biology

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

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Using TCR Repertoire Sequencing to Advance Immunology Research

Using TCR Repertoire Sequencing to Advance Immunology Research

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