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Belly Up: Why Ankylosaurs Are Always Found Upside Down

September 18, 2017 | Article

Why is the armored, tank-like ankylosaurus almost always found on its back?
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500-Million-Year-Old Creature Looks Like Space Alien in Re-Creation

September 18, 2017 | Article

A pea-size creature gets a dinner-plate-size reconstruction.
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Do Animals Murder Each Other?

September 16, 2017 | Article

Animals regularly murder their own kind, and many species do so at a much higher rate than humans.
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Glowing Slinky-Like 'Creature' Is Actually a Mass of Eggs

September 15, 2017 | Article

A mystery "sea creature" spotted near Port Douglas, Australia, is not actually a creature at all, one expert says.
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Foxes: Facts & Pictures

September 14, 2017 | Reference

Foxes are found all over the world. In folklore, foxes are typically characterized as cunning creatures sometimes having magical powers.
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Mysterious Fanged Eel Washes Ashore During Hurricane Harvey

September 14, 2017 | Article

Hurricane Harvey stranded a mysterious fanged eel on the beach in Texas, leaving the animal to die, rot and bloat. But despite its untimely end, the creature has since become an internet star.
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Farewell, Basi: World's Oldest Captive Panda Dies at 37

September 14, 2017 | Article

The causes include cirrhosis and renal failure.
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Dinosaur Gets Strange Diagnosis 78 Million Years After Its Death

September 14, 2017 | Article

There weren't any doctors when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, but one duck-billed dino has managed to get a diagnosis for its unusual joint condition about 78 million years after its death, thanks to a group of researchers who analyzed its strange bones.
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Load of Croc: 'Bird' Teeth May Actually Be from Teenage Crocodilians

September 13, 2017 | Article

For nearly 50 years, researchers have found mysterious, disembodied teeth dating to the dinosaur age in southern Alberta, Canada.
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Break It Up! Territorial Hippos 'Save' Wildebeest from Crocodile Attack

September 13, 2017 | Article

A crocodile, scared away by two territorial hippos, releases a live wildebeest from its jaws.
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