The Mysterious 'Tully Monster' Just Got More Mysterious By Chris Rogers Scientists reveal more mysteries about the bizarre Tully Monster, an ancient sea creature with stalked eyes that has defied classification.
DNA Just One of More Than 1 Million Possible 'Genetic Molecules,' Scientists Find By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists used a computer program to uncover more than 1 million molecules that could potentially store genetic information, just like DNA.
A Tiny Species That Looks Part-Deer, Part-Mouse Was Missing for Nearly 30 Years. Scientists Just Found It. By Yasemin Saplakoglu With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain meandering about its tree-filled home.
Remains of a Massive Jurassic 'Sea Monster' Found in a Polish Cornfield By Mindy Weisberger Paleontologists in Poland unearthed the jaws and teeth of a pliosaur, an ancient marine reptile with a bite more powerful than that of T. rex.
This Fungus Makes Snakes Look Like Mummies. It Just Turned Up in California. By Nicoletta Lanese A fungal disease is infecting snakes across the nation, and now, it's reached California.
Thousands of Ants Trapped in Polish Nuclear Bunker Turn to Cannibalism to Survive By Mindy Weisberger After a group of worker ants became trapped in a sealed nuclear bunker in Poland, they formed a queen-free "colony" that survived through cannibalism.
Does Catnip Really Make Cats 'High'? By Mindy Weisberger Cats that have an extreme response to catnip may look like they're experiencing euphoria.
Human-Size Blob Drifts by Divers. And It's Packed with Hundreds of Thousands of Baby Squid. By Mindy Weisberger A trio of divers off the western coast of Norway had a close encounter with a drifting gelatinous blob — a squid's egg sac as big as an adult human.
The Scoop on Slime — Hyenas Squeeze It from Their Butts and Parrotfish Sleep in Snot Balloons By Mindy Weisberger Gooey, sticky slime isn't just gross; it's crucial for the survival of a wide variety of animals and plants, many of which are featured in the new book "Believe It or Snot."
This Brainless 'Blob' Could Take Over the Paris Zoo, If You Give It Enough Oatmeal By Brandon Specktor The Paris Zoological Park is debuting a new exhibit on 'the blob' — a brainless, single-cell slime mold with incredible problem-solving potential.
Why Do Pigeons Bob Their Heads? By Emma Bryce Head-bobbing might make pigeons look ridiculous, but there's a practical purpose behind this very strange display.
Ancient 'Cockroaches of the Sea' Fossilized While Playing 'Follow the Leader' By Stephanie Pappas Trilobites fossilized in Morocco seem to have been buried by a storm as they marched in an orderly queue.
Game Over: These Monkeys Just Crushed Humans on a Computer Game By Nicoletta Lanese While playing a game, monkeys switched strategies each round, while humans stuck to a set of inefficient rules.
Watch Rare Footage of Whales Blowing 'Bubble Nets' to Capture Prey in a Vortex of Doom By Mindy Weisberger Underwater and airborne cameras recently captured an astounding sight: feeding whales producing bubble nets to trap their prey.
What Is a Sea Cucumber? By Rachel Ross Nope, these cucumbers aren't plants. Sea cucumbers are colorful, squishy sea creatures that live on the ocean floor.
What's The Biggest Animal That a Snake Can Swallow? By Grant Currin A complex network of skull bones, ligaments and muscles allows a snake to swallow prey with bodies much larger than the sinuous predator's own head.
Move Over, Tardigrades — 'Mold Pigs' Are the New Micro-Beast in Town By Nicoletta Lanese A paleobiologist uncovered a never-before-seen microinvertebrate in Dominican amber.
Scientists Implant False Memories into Bird Brains By Stephanie Pappas False memories implanted in the brains of songbirds could explain how the birds learn to sing — and how people learn to talk.
Photos of the Pika, North America's Cutest Mammal By Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher The American pika may look more closely related to a hamster or a guinea pig instead of their rabbit/hare cousins.
Depressing Image Shows Dead Baby Sea Turtle Found with 104 Pieces of Plastic in Its Belly By Kimberly Hickok Sea turtles aren't made to eat plastic.
