Captain Robert Falcon Scott witnessed an extraordinary scene during his ill-fated Antarctic expedition when, on Jan. 5, 1911, his photographer Herbert Ponting ran to the edge of an ice floe to photograph a group of orcas that had taken...
They hiss, they slither and unfortunately for humans and unsuspecting prey, they bite. Venomous snakes bite about 5.4 million people every year, resulting in between 81,000 and 138,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Their...
The longest-living animals are equipped with traits to hold off, and sometimes even stop or reverse, the aging process. While humans may have an "absolute limit" of 150 years, this is just a blink of an eye compared with the centuries...
Dinosaurs were a successful group of animals that emerged between 240 million and 230 million years ago and came to rule the world until about 66 million years ago, when a giant asteroid slammed into Earth. During that time, dinosaurs...
A living fossil is a species that hasn’t evolved significantly for millions of years and closely resembles ancestors found in the fossil record. Charles Darwin coined the term "living fossil" in 1859 to describe living species...
Dinosaurs have left a wealth of information behind in their fossils, including how they defended themselves, what they ate and sometimes even how they died. But when these beasts bit the dust, did they leave any clues behind about...
Orcas (Orcinus orca) are apex predators that can take on prey much larger than themselves. (Image credit: The Asahi Shimbun Premium via Getty Images)In March 2019, researchers off the coast of southwestern Australia witnessed a gruesome...
For the first time, scientists have spotted South Asian fishing cats climbing tall trees to raid bird nests — displaying a rare and highly unusual behavior. The researchers made the unexpected discovery using motion cameras...
Researchers have reconstructed a deadly Jurassic sea monster after excavating an enormous fossilized pliosaur skull from a U.K. cliff face.The discovery of the skull and subsequent reconstruction are highlighted in a new documentary,...
A strange,never-before-seen jellyfish with a distinctive stomach that looks like a red cross has been discovered inside a volcanic structure off the coast of Japan.Researchers spotted the jellyfish, which has been named the St. George's...
Dinosaurs may have taken over the planet and ruled for over 160 million years thanks to the way they walked, a new study suggests. By adapting to walk on both two and four legs, they diversified and outcomPeted other organisms to become...
When pollinators land on a flower, they're on a mission: They're looking for sweet nectar to eat and specks of nutritious pollen to bring back to their young.But how do insects know where to find pollen? In theory, the...
If marine mammals want to sleep, they can't just close their eyes and drift away for the night, as they need to intermediately surface for air. Nor can they float at the water's surface and slumber, because that exposes them to predators...
Name: Diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica)Where it lives: Europe and Central and Northern Asia, with a separate subspecies in JapanWhat it eats: Other aquatic invertebrates and small fishWhy it's awesome: As its...
Beachgoers in South Carolina recently stumbled upon an eerie, skeleton-like dolphin sprawled across the sand, where it may have been slowly drying out for months. One expert suggests that the animal may have accidentally become stranded...
The number of unprovoked shark attacks spiked slightly across the globe last year, with a high percentage being fatal, a new report reveals. However, these statistics do not indicate that shark attacks are becoming more common, experts...
Using a "paleothermometer," researchers have determined the temperature of the Chicxulub crater just after the dinosaur-killing asteroid created it 66 million years ago. Rocks sampled from within the crater reached a sizzling...
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