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See a kangaroo with an arrow through its head, glowing paper lanterns in Indonesia, and an exceptionally lucky clover breeder in this week's best news photos.

May 14, 2009
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Dogs, cats, monkeys, worms, fish--they've all been made to glow in the dark, thanks to one jellyfish and a whole lot of research. In this photo round-up of glowing animals (and the odd plant), see what science has done with a few fluorescent proteins.

May 13, 2009
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A pristine stretch of Indonesian coast has gone to the birds—the endangered maleo, which needs the habitat to lay its eggs, conservationists announced.

May 13, 2009
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A large solar storm rages, a cluster of monster galaxies are found, and scientists prepare Hubble for deeper glimpses into the universe in this week's best space pictures.

May 12, 2009
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One year after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the mountainous Sichuan Province, killing 90,000 and leaving 5 million homeless, residents are starting to pick up the pieces.

May 12, 2009
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Balsa trees threaten, watermelons beckon, and fish dry in the sun in these glimpses of life from around the globe.

May 11, 2009
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The longest-running Hubble Space Telescope camera has snapped its parting shot: the remains of a giant red star. But a next-generation camera is sure to take additional "amazing" photos of the cosmos, NASA officials say.

May 11, 2009
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The "remarkable," yard-long, horseshoe crab-like arthropods roamed in swarms of up to a thousand animals, a new study suggests.

May 11, 2009
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From embryonic wasps that mature inside "brainwashed" caterpillars to developing sharks with "superhuman" senses, see pre-birth pictures of animals that have extreme adaptations to the rigors of gestation.

May 8, 2009
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A four-legged quake survivor gets help, police find an ancient Hebrew document, Bolivia's Indians engage in ritual fistfights, and more in this week's selection of the best news photos.

May 7, 2009
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Meet the animal world's "worst" mothers—and find out why their tough parenting may not be so awful after all.

May 7, 2009
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See boxer crabs, "flying" squid, a fish with a mouthful of babies, and other stars of a marine science school's annual amateur underwater-photo contest.

May 7, 2009
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Given away by bird poop on his socks, a man was charged Tuesday in California with smuggling exotic Asian songbirds from Vietnam into the United States.

May 6, 2009
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Toxic gases have been continually erupting from the fast-growing Pacific volcano since 2004, a new expedition reveals. But some odd new animals seem to like it just fine.

May 6, 2009
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The surprise find doubles the number of frogs and other amphibians in the island country, and suggests "the century of discoveries has only just begun," scientists say.

May 5, 2009

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