A new long-necked marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, has been identified from a decades-old fossil found in Germany’s Posidonia Shale. The remarkably preserved specimen rewrites part of the Jurassic marine story,…
Big Cat Keeper Goes Quiet for a Cause — And Raises Hundreds for Tiger Rescue Known for her boundless energy and constant chatter, Emily De Pasquale Wood, a Big Cat…
Researchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but “Wavy Dave” doesn’t always come out unscathed. “Wavy Dave” the Robot Crab Crashes…
Snail Vision Breakthrough Could Illuminate Future Eye Treatments A surprising creature may hold clues to healing human eyes: the golden apple snail. This freshwater snail, Pomacea canaliculata, originally from South…
“We laughed at first.” Raccoon Family Turns Colorado Chimney Into a Cozy Hideaway In June, a homeowner in Jefferson County, Colorado, got an unexpected surprise when they opened their wood-burning…
Two cities in the Netherlands are mounting tiny staircases on the sides of their canals to help cats escape if they fall in the water. Between the capital of Amsterdam…
Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is around 16 inches long and a strong contender for Australia’s heaviest recorded…
Orca Calves Learn Lethal Tactics Through Play: Rare Footage Captures Gripping Training Ritual In extraordinary new footage captured off the coast of Western Australia, orca mothers are seen teaching their…
“I think we all know who is gonna win.” Sparks Fly in Celebrity Speed Date — But the Real Star is an 8-Year-Old Rescue Dog When actors Sofia Carson and…
Researchers have captured footage of a “big-butt seastar” off the coast of Argentina that looks like Patrick Star from “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Deep-Sea Discoveries off Argentina Reveal Dozens of New Species…