World's largest captive crocodile celebrates 120th birthday
VIDEO 6-14-2023 |
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Known as Cassius, this gargantuan reptile was captured back in 1984 and has lived in a crocodile park ever since.
Rare all-white Risso's dolphin filmed in Monterey Bay, California
6-4-2023 | 0
The distinctive seaborne mammal delighted passengers aboard a whale-watching vessel last month.
Scientists film octopus 'waking up from a nightmare'
VIDEO 5-24-2023 | 12
The footage shows the snoozing cephalopod jolting violently awake as though reacting to a bad dream.
The Schmidt index - which insect has the most painful sting ?
4-26-2023 | 9
Dr Justin Schmidt, who died back in February, spent years being stung and bitten by dozens of different insects.
Cube-shaped creature with 24 eyes discovered in a pond in Hong Kong
VIDEO 4-22-2023 | 3
Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University made the discovery at the Mai Po Nature Reserve.
Aboriginal knowledge upends debate on mysterious fairy circles
4-11-2023 | 5
The original inhabitants of Australia have much to teach modern scientists about the nature of this intriguing phenomenon.
Horror as cobra slithers under pilot's shirt in middle of flight
4-9-2023 | 2
If there's one thing you don't want while you are piloting a plane, it's a venomous snake making itself comfy inside your clothes.
Bizarre footage shows snake escaping by doing cartwheels
VIDEO 4-6-2023 | 7
For the first time, scientists have captured footage of a type of snake that can do cartwheels as an escape mechanism.
Scientists capture footage of deepest ever fish to be caught on camera
4-2-2023 | 3
The surprising find pushes the boundaries of just how deep down in the ocean fish are capable of surviving.
Mystery as claw resembling that of a velociraptor shows up in garden
3-29-2023 | 18
A woman from the UK couldn't believe her eyes when she came across the peculiar disembodied appendage.
Extinction of the Tasmanian tiger has been moved up to the late 1990s
3-23-2023 | 8
Researchers now believe that the extinction of the thylacine occurred much more recently than the 1930s.
This weird sea creature found in Sydney looks like a saxophone
3-20-2023 | 0
One social media user was so stumped by the discovery that they decided to post the photo online to see if anyone could identify it.
Huge bug found outside Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect
3-6-2023 | 4
Insect expert Michael Skvarla first came across the peculiar bug outside a shop in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2012.
Eerie 'phantom jellyfish' filmed off the coast of Antarctica
3-2-2023 | 2
A rare and fascinating species of jellyfish has been spotted during recent efforts to explore the seas of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Tiny insect uses its butt to shoot pee droplets at superfast speeds
3-1-2023 | 4
Researchers have discovered that a species of cicada exhibits the first and only known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature.
Intelligent hybrid 'super pigs' are starting to invade the United States
2-24-2023 | 28
It might sound like the plot of a movie, but these so-called 'super pigs' are very much the real deal.
Weird 'alien' ecosystem emerges in abandoned uranium mine
2-6-2023 | 12
Strange life forms have been found thriving in an environment that's totally inhospitable to almost everything else.
Puppy that escaped being put down is now the world's oldest dog
VIDEO 2-3-2023 | 8
Meet Bobi - a 30-year-old Rafeiro do Alentejo who has been officially recognized as the oldest dog in the world.
Enormous monster-like eel found washed up on a beach in Texas
1-30-2023 | 8
This huge marine creature - a 4-foot-long American eel - has been described as 'basically as big as they get'.
Sea spiders can regrow their anuses, new study finds
1-29-2023 | 5
A new study has highlighted the impressive (and sometimes bizarre) regenerative abilities of sea spiders.
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