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Orphan genes, found only in specific lineages, are key drivers of new functions and phenotypic traits. This discovery lays a ...

SIU’s Touch of Nature removing invasive plants, restoring native flora and fauna by Christi Mathis The sweet-smelling flowers ...

As the growing season ends, you may think your window to plant bushes and trees has closed. Fret not. Here are some options ...

Trashing hotel rooms with Ozzy, teaching Mark Wahlberg how to rock and almost joining Guns N’ Roses –Black Label Society guitar berserker Zakk Wylde has done all of it and more ...

For 30 years, developers and conservationists fought over the flowered sand banks of Castle Hill in Lake County. As ...

While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Strong winds in the area have knocked out power to several thousand FirstEnergy power customers Thursday. Winds will remain high through the evening, according to the 19 ...

What could be better than rose bushes covering your yard? Unfortunately, if they're multiflora roses (Rosa multiflora), there's a lot that could be better. Multiflora roses are actually an aggressive ...

President George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush has come out in support of presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Barbara, whose twin sister is Today Show anchor Jenna Bush Hager ...

W. Bush, he made twice in a row — first, on his own, to prepare for Bush’s arrival, and second, with Bush himself — a job fit for the man who grew up in small, sleepy 1950s Fort Lauderdale ...