Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats? By Benjamin Plackett If cats were loved, why were so many sacrificed?
Tiny Jurassic 'Monkeydactyl' has the oldest pair of thumbs on Earth By Brandon Specktor Researchers unearthed the fossil of a pterosaur with opposable thumbs, making it the oldest known animal with thumbs on Earth.
As many as 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes once stalked Earth By Laura Geggel Digging deep into T.rex's history helped researchers determine how many of these apex predators ever existed.
To become queen, these ants shrink their brains and balloon their ovaries (then, they reverse it) By Ben Turner The researchers say that brain plasticity like this may not just be a trick of the ants. Other animals could do it too, and we may only just be noticing.
Bizarre neck bones helped pterosaurs support their giraffe-size necks and huge heads By Laura Geggel Pterosaur neck vertebrae had an incredible internal structure.
World's largest rabbit missing, presumed stolen By Brandon Specktor A Flemish Giant rabbit named Darius is missing. He is the largest rabbit on Earth.
Experts worried after 4 dead gray whales wash up around San Francisco By Harry Baker Four dead gray whales have washed up in San Francisco Bay in eight days, prompting fears that the species is under threat in the area.
Your most distant cousin doesn't even have an anus By Rafi Letzter No animal is less related to you than a sea sponge, and they've got the genes and nerveless, anus-less bodies to prove it.
Pet dog buried 6,000 years ago is earliest evidence of its domestication in Arabia By Harry Baker Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered bones at a burial site that reveal the domestication of dogs in the area happened much earlier than previously believed.
Long-necked dinosaurs migrated hundreds of miles, 'stomach stones' reveal By Laura Geggel During the Jurassic period, long-necked dinosaurs gulped down pink stones and then migrated hundreds of miles across what is now the American Midwest.
Mom & baby giraffe trapped on a sinking island rescued in months-long operation By Mindy Weisberger A months-long rescue operation transported the last of nine stranded giraffes to their new home in a mainland sanctuary.
Largest recorded smalltooth sawfish washes up dead in Florida By Stephanie Pappas The longest sawfish ever measured washed up in Florida, not far from another large specimen.
Why do cats have belly 'pouches'? By Tara Santora Cats have swinging "pouches" on their bellies, but that doesn't mean they're fat.
These endangered monkeys kept getting hit by cars. Scientists had a clever solution. By Harry Baker Adding speed bumps to a road in a national park in Zanzibar has reduced the number of collisions between cars and one of Africa's rarest primates.
Turtles complete seemingly impossible journey thanks to a hidden 'corridor' through the Pacific By Nicoletta Lanese Loggerhead turtles survive the journey using temporary "thermal corridors."
Masquerading, deadly snake discovered and named after shape-shifting Chinese goddess By Harry Baker Scientists in China have discovered a new species of deadly snake and have named it after a shape-shifting snake goddess from Chinese mythology.
Chimpanzees: Intelligent, social and violent By Patrick Pester Chimpanzees are one of our closest living relatives and share many of the same traits as humans. They are highly intelligent and social creatures, but they are also capable of extreme violence.
Arctic walrus that drifted to Ireland is now hitching rides on passing ships By Ben Turner Wally has been stirring up mischief by lounging on lifeboat slipways and capsizing passing dinghies, but conservation groups have warned tourists not to get too close.
'Chaos of clicks and sounds from below' as 70 orcas kill blue whale By Laura Geggel A whale tour Down Under witnessed as many as 70 orcas hunt and kill a blue whale.
Hungry baby sea stars eat each other in unexpected case of underwater cannibalism By Yasemin Saplakoglu Baby sea stars may look innocent and adorable, but they're teensy little cannibals and eat their own siblings for their own survival.
