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American burying beetle: The meat-eating insect that buries bodies for its babies to feast on
American burying beetle parents work together to find and bury a dead animal that its brood can consume after hatching.
Giganto, world's largest ape, went down poor evolutionary path toward extinction
Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct at least 215,000 years ago after climate change caused its forest home to vanish.
Humans now kill 80 million sharks per year, 25 million of which are threatened species
Catch data from 2012 to 2019 reveal shark deaths from fishing increased from 76 million to 80 million per year. Researchers stress that more action is needed to save threatened species.
Annual cane toad kill-a-thon is about to start in Australia. Here's how to eliminate the pests humanely.
Instead of bludgeoning Australia's invasive cane toads to death, scientists advise popping them in the fridge for a day or two before transferring them to the freezer to finish them off.
Newfound T. rex relative was an even bigger apex predator, remarkable skull discovery suggests
The newly identified tyrannosaur species is the closest known relative of T. rex and could have been even larger than the famous dinosaur king.
How a scientist accidentally discovered a shark that regenerated its mutilated fin: 'The revelation was astonishing'
An adult male silky shark was spotted with a huge chunk of its fin missing. A year later, it had almost completely regrown. Here's the amazing story behind the discovery.
Adorable but deadly little wildcat may be inbreeding at 'alarming' rates, study finds
Black footed cats are already a threatened species, and habitat fragmentation is now causing increased rates of interbreeding, placing them at higher risk of disease.
World's tiniest fanged frog with males that 'hug' their babies discovered
Researchers found a new species of fanged frog when they noticed clutches of eggs laid on leaves and mossy boulders unusually far above water.
