The 'mysterious' whale graveyard discovered in a desert
Posted on November 21, 2011, at 12:33 PMScientists play detective after 20 "perfectly intact skeletons" of ancient sea mammals are found thousands of feet away from the Pacific Ocean
The octopus' 'human-like' intelligence
Posted on November 14, 2011, at 3:57 PMThe eight-armed mollusk can use tools, recognize humans, and even play games. Time to bow down before our new cephalopod overlords?
Was it homophobic to separate the Toronto zoo's 'gay penguins'?
Posted on November 11, 2011, at 3:14 PMOfficials say the endangered birds must mate with females to pass on their genes. But what about love?
The 'uncanny' seals that give birth exactly where they were born
Posted on November 1, 2011, at 5:49 PM"It's as if they have some sort of in-built GPS system," says an awed researcher
Ohio zoo escape: Should authorities have shot the animals?
Posted on October 20, 2011, at 10:47 AMAn exotic-animal owner frees dozens of lions, tigers, and bears to terrorize Zanesville, Ohio, then shoots himself. Officials respond, controversially, by killing the animals
The 'mysterious' disease killing Alaskan seals
Posted on October 17, 2011, at 11:43 AMAn unknown virus is causing hordes of ringed seals to develop bleeding lesions and beach themselves on Arctic coasts. What's behind this deadly outbreak?
Discovered: The even 'plumper' T. Rex
Posted on October 14, 2011, at 2:11 PMWas the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex more rotund and sluggish than previously imagined?
A strange, bone-filled lair: Proof the kraken existed?
Posted on October 13, 2011, at 5:50 AMA paleontologist insists that a massive, octopus-like creature once terrorized the ocean — and turned the bones of its prey into a self-portrait
The 'exotic' viruses that live in your sewage
Posted on October 6, 2011, at 12:50 PMScientists discover a wealth of new microscopic bugs... by sifting through excrement on three continents
Where in the world is Happy Feet the 'wayward' penguin?
Posted on September 15, 2011, at 6:15 AMThe lovable, errant bird nursed back to health in New Zealand goes missing just days after being released to return to his Antarctic home
Will stem cell 'zoos' save endangered species?
Posted on September 6, 2011, at 3:56 PMThere are only seven northern white rhinos left in the world — but a new scientific breakthrough may rescue their kind from extinction
Rick Perry and Texas' feral pig problem
Posted on September 1, 2011, at 2:01 PMIn a controversial move endorsed by the governor, Texans are renting "pork choppers" to aerial-hunt the wild hogs who are menacing the Lone Star State
The looming extinction of Earth's plants and animals
Posted on August 25, 2011, at 12:17 PMWe still haven't discovered most of the life on Earth, and we're killing it off before we can find it, scientists warn
The eel that's a 'living fossil'
Posted on August 19, 2011, at 7:00 AMThis 'bizarre' eel has bodily features unlike any other eel, and it may be endangered by the aquarium trade
Death from vampire bats: A growing trend?
Posted on August 16, 2011, at 6:45 AMThe first U.S. death from a vampire bat bite has been confirmed, and these might occur more often in the future
The last shark hunter in Miami
Posted on August 5, 2011, at 2:34 PMMark Quartiano has killed over 100,000 sharks, says Juliet Eilperin, and he's starting to feel a bit uneasy
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