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Explore mammals’ surprising origins, long before the age of dinosaurs. The surprising story of mammal evolution begins long before the age of dinosaurs. Witness how some of our prehistoric mammal ...

Join GBH Education and NOVA for a professional development webinar highlighting science and history PBS LearningMedia resources for Black History Month. On February 3rd at 7PM ET, join GBH Education ...

Chicago students and congressional Democrats keep up the heat on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. And Indiana lawmakers push ahead with a bill aimed at luring the Chicago Bears. Chicago ...

Join the Polar Bear Plungers who dip into the Chagrin River no matter how cold. Join the Polar Bear Plungers who dip into the Chagrin River no matter how cold. And the Cleveland Orchestra performs a ...

Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate. Can dogs understand what we say—and talk back? Witness amazing moments from a major experiment, as thousands of dogs use ...

State lawmakers are weighing a bill that would allow the government to finance a new NFL stadium. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a government authority to buy land and finance ...

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s ...

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s ...

Another government shutdown looms as Democrats demand an immigration enforcement cool-down. And changes are coming to SNAP, affecting hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents. Chicago Tonight is ...

Three polar bear cubs gather around their tranquilized mother. She had a litter of three cubs (an unusual brood size) and the smallest cub only weighed 11 pounds (five kilograms). Jon Aars / Norwegian ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...