Animal News - 2018 Science and Zoology Articles

Scarlet, the Struggling Orca, Now Presumed Dead

September 24, 2018 | Article

Despite rescuers' best efforts, Scarlet, a young ailing orca, is now presumed dead.
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Two-Headed Viper Could End Up in Virginia Zoo — If It Stops Fighting with Itself

September 24, 2018 | Article

What has two brains, two tracheas and a single heart? This rare, two-headed viper.
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Wriggling, Googly-Eyed Mass Astonishes Deep-Sea Researchers

September 24, 2018 | Article

In a strange, underwater video, a black mass drifts toward the camera. It's made up of a dark, spherical blob up front and a long, thin tail in the back. And it wriggles.
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'Lucky' Raccoon Survives 9-Story Leap from Building

September 23, 2018 | Article

The daredevil raccoon miraculously survived a horrifying fall.
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Mutant Green Crabs Are Mean, and They're Invading Maine's Waters

September 21, 2018 | Article

Fearless crabs threaten the state's shellfish industry.
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Ancient Mystery Creature That Defied Classification Is Earth's Oldest Animal

September 21, 2018 | Article

Fat molecules show that a mystery creature that lived 558 million years ago was in fact an animal.
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Family Finds Gooey 'Alien' Jellyfish on NZ Beach. And It Looks Like a Jell-O Mold.

September 21, 2018 | Article

The glob was an enormous lion's mane jellyfish.
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World's 2nd-Largest Shark Has an Olympic-Worthy Secret

September 21, 2018 | Article

The basking shark — known for its languid, filter-feeding lifestyle — has an Olympic-worthy secret: It can hurl its body out of the water just as fast and as high as its predatory cousin, the great white shark, a new study finds.
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