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Still frame from video footage recorded in the Kvænangen fjords, Norway, in 2024, showing the tongue-nibbling interaction between two free-ranging killer whales.
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'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie
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Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike despite living right next to impact site
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'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your shoulder'
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QuizSpider quiz: Test your web of knowledge
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Why do giraffes have spots?
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Japanese quail: The bird with weird sperm foam, a post-sex strut and a spot in space history
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Reference14 of the biggest birds on Earth
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Wild orcas offer humans food. Could they be trying to make friends — or manipulate us?
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Echidnas: Facts about spiky Australian mammals that lay eggs
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Wandering salamander: The tree‑climbing amphibian with a blood‑powered grip
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Fungus is wiping out frogs. These tiny saunas could save them.
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'It's risky for male frogs out there': Female frog drags and attempts to eat screaming male
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'Lovely freak of nature': Mutant blue frog hops into wildlife sanctuary workshop
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'Kermit the Frog' creature that lived 270 million years ago looked like a 'stout salamander' with 'cartoonish' grin
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Why is a mushroom growing on a frog? Scientists don't know, but it sure looks weird
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Dinosaur-era frog found fossilized with belly full of eggs and was likely killed during mating
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Annual cane toad kill-a-thon is about to start in Australia. Here's how to eliminate the pests humanely.
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World's tiniest fanged frog with males that 'hug' their babies discovered
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Quiz
Spider quiz: Test your web of knowledge
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Cannibalistic spiderlings won't hunt their siblings even if they're starving
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Multiple species of ticks in the US can transmit red meat allergy, CDC reports reveal
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Asian hermit spider: The arachnid that gets stronger after ejecting its own penis
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Watch enormous deep-sea spiders crawl around sub-Antarctic seafloor
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'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle
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Scientists discover rare venom-spraying scorpion in Colombia
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'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest deadly funnel-web after surprise discovery
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Giant funnel-web spider with fangs so big it could bite through a human fingernail arrives at Australian zoo
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Japanese quail: The bird with weird sperm foam, a post-sex strut and a spot in space history
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Reference
14 of the biggest birds on Earth
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Crows: Facts about the clever birds that live all over the world
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How do migrating birds know where they're going?
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Southern cassowary: The giant prehistoric bird with dinosaur feet
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Australian 'trash parrots' have now developed a local 'drinking tradition'
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Great eared nightjar: The 'baby dragon' bird that lays its eggs on the floor
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Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal
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Do parrots actually understand what they're saying?
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Thousands of strange, blobby creatures are washing up on California beaches
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Giant phantom jelly: The 33-foot-long ocean giant that has babies out of its mouth
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Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge
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Otherworldly video captures rare jellyfish with a hitchhiker in its bell
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Tiny, highly venomous jellyfish stings 2 people in the middle of the ocean — forcing them to be airlifted to hospital
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Newly discovered jellyfish is a 24-eyed weirdo related to the world's most venomous marine creature
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Alien-like giant phantom jellyfish spotted in frigid waters off Antarctica
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Thousands of cannonball jellyfish wash ashore after swarming North Carolina’s Outer Banks
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Thousands of jellyfish swarm near Israel, mesmerizing images reveal
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Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself
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New supergiant 'Darth Vader' sea bug discovered in South China Sea — and it's absolutely massive
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Do crabs feel pain?
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Large, ghostly white crab-like predator discovered at the bottom of the Atacama Trench
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1-in-100 million 'cotton candy' lobster caught off New Hampshire alive and well at aquarium
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'You can see its guts and things': Weird see-through crustacean with giant eyes discovered off the Bahamas
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Crabs keep evolving to go from the sea to the land — and back again
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More than 10 billion snow crabs starved to death off the coast of Alaska. But why?
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'Hauntingly beautiful' image of a golden horseshoe crab wins wildlife photography competition
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'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your shoulder'
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'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie
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Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western US
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'Statistically, that shouldn’t have happened': Something very weird occurred in the ocean after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit
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Meet 'Dragon prince' — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago
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Giant 85 million-year-old mystery sea monster fossil finally identified
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Colossal chief scientist clarifies de-extinction claim, while confirming its 'dire wolves' are 'grey wolves with 20 edits'
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OpinionColossal's de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards with shoddy foundations — and the consequences are dire
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Half-a-billion-year-old 3-eyed sea creature dubbed 'Mosura' breathed through big gills on its butt
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Pacific spiny lumpsucker: The adorable little fish with a weird suction cup resembling human teeth
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Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itself
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Do sharks make noises? An accidental discovery might just answer that question
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The Mariana Trench is home to some weird deep sea fish, and they all have the same, unique mutations
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Scientists capture footage of bizarre deep-sea creature with parasite pig tails
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Octopus spotted riding on top of world's fastest shark
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Golden scaleless cave fish discovered in China shows evolution in action
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Massive male great white shark tagged and released off Florida coast in new video
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Sharks: Facts about some of the ocean's top predators
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Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species
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Invasive Asian needle ants are surging in US Southeast — and their bite can trigger anaphylaxis
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Bone collector caterpillar: The very hungry caterpillar of your nightmares
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'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification
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'The parasite was in the driver's seat': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie
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How many species of insects are there on Earth?
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'An artist would be challenged to create such replicas': How looking closer reveals the beauty and lethal efficiency of insects
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Moroccan fly maggot uses fake face on its butt to infiltrate termite colony
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Why are flies attracted to humans?
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Why do giraffes have spots?
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Bear's new metal tooth is world's biggest-ever crown
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Are cats the only animals that purr?
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Binturong: The bearcat that smells like hot buttered popcorn
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14,000-year-old ice age 'puppies' were actually wolf sisters that dined on woolly rhino for last meal
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Cats recognize familiar BO and can spot strangers from the stink of their armpits and toes
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What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar?
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The history of cat domestication
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Cats may have been domesticated much later than we thought — with earlier felines being eaten or made into clothes
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Wild orcas offer humans food. Could they be trying to make friends — or manipulate us?
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Dwarf sperm whale: The 'pint-size whales' that gush gallons of intestinal fluid when surprised
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Still frame from video footage recorded in the Kvænangen fjords, Norway, in 2024, showing the tongue-nibbling interaction between two free-ranging killer whales.
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Salmon-hat wearing orcas also give each other massages with kelp, scientists discover
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Living lunch box? Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby pilot whales, but it's unclear why.
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'Incredible and rare' sight as endangered whale attacked by 60 orcas in brutal hunt
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Dolphins: Facts about the intelligent marine mammals that use tools to hunt
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Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth
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'I thought I was dead': Terrifying video of humpback whale gobbling up kayaker explained
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Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
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Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats
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Watch elusive New Zealand snail lay an egg through a 'genital pore' in its neck
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Cuttlefish appear to wave at each other in what researchers think could be a form of communication
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Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny
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Octopuses: Facts about the 8-armed geniuses of the sea
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'She turns her siphon into a gun': Watch coconut octopus firing stones at fish in world-1st footage
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Octopuses burn more calories changing color than you use on a 25-minute run
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Glowing mystery sea slug that feeds like a Venus fly trap captured in deep sea footage for 1st time
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Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike despite living right next to impact site
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Florida bobcat bites the head off of 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades
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Reptiles evolved earlier than we thought, newly discovered claw-mark fossils suggest
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Two new crocodiles discovered in the Caribbean
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Zoo unveils babies of 100-year-old giant tortoise, 'Mommy'
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'An up-tempo version of Darwinian evolution': How a mega freeze in Florida may have caused Burmese pythons to evolve at a blindingly fast speed
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Why do snakes shed their skin?
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Giant tortoise becomes first-time mom at about 100 years old
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QuizSnake quiz: Let's ssseee what you know about these slithering reptiles
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