15 strange desert animals By Stephanie Pappas published 27 January 23 Deserts are full of oddball animals. Here are 15 of the strangest.
Threatened shark meat is being served as fish and chips in Australia By Jennifer Nalewicki published 27 January 23 Fish and chip shops across Australia are using threatened shark meat in their food.
52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic By Cameron Duke published 25 January 23 During the Eocene, the Arctic was a warm, swampy place that these primates called home.
Never-before-seen pterosaur had nearly 500 teeth and ate like a flamingo By Harry Baker published 25 January 23 A never-before-seen species of pterosaur had hundreds of hooked teeth that helped it filter its food in a similar way to living flamingos.
Alaskan sea otters were brought back from the brink of extinction. Now wolves are hunting them. By Ben Turner published 23 January 23 The wolves appear to be snatching otters from shallow waters and rocks along the shore.
Why do horses wear shoes? By Donavyn Coffey published 22 January 23 What happens to wild horses that don't have shoes?
'Monster cane toad' dubbed 'Toadzilla' found in Australia By Jennifer Nalewicki published 20 January 23 Rangers in Australia stumbled upon a giant cane toad resembling a "football with legs"
Diver captures stunning photos of rare 8-foot giant squid By Stephanie Pappas published 20 January 23 Diver Yosuke Tanaka swam with a giant squid in the Sea of Japan near Toyooka City in Hyogo Prefecture.
Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from space By Tom Metcalfe published 20 January 23 Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.
Domesticated chickens could wipe out their wild ancestors — by having sex with them By Harry Baker published 19 January 23 A new study has revealed that red junglefowl, the wild ancestors of chickens, are losing their genetic diversity as they mate with their domesticated counterparts.
'Staggering number' of titanosaur nests discovered in India reveals controversial findings about dino moms By Joshua A. Krisch published 19 January 23 The discovery of a tightly packed nesting ground from the Cretaceous period in India suggests that titanosaurs laid eggs and left their offspring behind.
Velociraptors probably didn't use their 'wicked' claws for slashing, surprising new study suggests By Stephanie Pappas published 19 January 23 Unlike their portrayal in Jurassic Park, curved-clawed dinos may have used their sharp appendages to pin and grasp, not slash.
Prickly echidnas stay cool by blowing snot bubbles By Cameron Duke published 18 January 23 Echidnas use booger bubbles to stay cool in hot weather Down Under.
Which animals have entered the 'Stone Age'? By Meg Duff published 17 January 23 Humans aren't the only species that has entered the Stone Age. Who else is in the club?
Squid and human brains develop the same way despite diverging 500 million years ago By Ben Turner published 16 January 23 It seems that the blueprint for complex brain development remains the same, despite 500 million years of divergent evolution.
Massive megalodon tooth discovered in Chesapeake Bay by 9-year-old fossil hunter By Harry Baker published 16 January 23 A 9-year-old girl from Maryland, who has collected more than 400 fossilized shark teeth, discovered a 5-inch megalodon gnasher on Christmas Day.
Move over polar bears, there's another top predator along the Arctic coast By Harry Baker published 13 January 23 A new study has revealed that certain sea stars rival polar bears as the most prolific predators in coastal Arctic ecosystems.
Extinct giant tortoise was the 'mammoth' of Madagascar 1,000 years ago By Joshua A. Krisch published 12 January 23 A previously unknown extinct tortoise was revealed in an investigation on these giants' evolutionary history.
Extremely rare gray whale birth captured on camera, possibly for the first time By Harry Baker published 11 January 23 A lucky group of whale watchers recently watched a gray whale calf being birthed off the coast of California. It could be the first time that this incredible phenomenon has ever been caught on camera.
Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China By Harry Baker published 10 January 23 A 120 million-year-old bird fossil from China has some rather unusual dinosaur-like features in its otherwise standard avian skeleton, including a weirdly T. rex-like skull.
