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Weird Chinstrap penguins sleep over 10,000 times a day for just 4 seconds at a time
The penguins accrue 11 hours of cumulative sleep a day from a bizarre adaptation that enables them to doze as they guard their nests.
Shimmering golden mole thought extinct photographed and filmed over 80 years after last sighting
De Winton's golden mole, last sighted in 1937, has been found alive swimming through sand dunes in South Africa after an extensive search for the elusive species.
Cats' dazzling eye colors may come from 1 unusual ancestor
The cat family has an amazing array of eye colors stemming from one unusual ancestor.
Kangaroos might try to drown your dog. Here's why.
Footage of a kangaroo attempting to drown a dog in a river in Australia went viral online, but this isn't the first time a marsupial has pulled this trick.
Adorable, newfound pygmy squid species named after Japanese forest fairies
Two new species of pygmy squid have been discovered off Okinawa and named after mythical creatures.
Great white shark ripped in 2 was 'loaded' with orca DNA, scientists say
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.
Dying orca's final moments after 'desperate' effort to stay afloat captured in 1st of its kind footage
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.
Strange sea worms have butts that grow a brain before wriggling off to find a mate
Scientists have worked out how Japanese green syllids grow a butt with a brain that can swim away to reproduce.
