Animals

Scientists have analyzed the remains of a great white shark that washed up in Australia in October and confirmed orcas disemboweled the predator to eat its liver — a first in these waters.

An orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe.

Scientists have worked out how Japanese green syllids grow a butt with a brain that can swim away to reproduce.

First of its kind footage captured for National Geographic's "Incredible Animal Journeys" shows a barn swallow caught in a sandstorm as part of its migration through the Sahara Desert.

Scientists explain why animals in Australia wield venom as a weapon.

Hercules beetles can grow to almost 7 inches long and are among the largest flying insects on Earth.

After years of failed attempts, scientists have finally succeeded in snapping images of an extremely rare, enormous rat that is so big it can reportedly chew through coconuts on the Solomon Islands.

A diver filmed a pair of young ocean sunfish off Canada's coast and experts estimated them to measure 24 inches across — five times smaller than the size they reach as adults.

Fossil enthusiast John Kreatsoulas thought the artifact was a log, before he realized he was holding a bone from the last ice age.

Researchers recorded the movements of ocean predators and found many diving to depths of over 3,200 feet for reasons that are currently unclear.