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A Tyrannosaurus rex specimen, nicknamed Shen for now, is the first T. rex to hit the auction block in Asia.

$25 million auction of T. rex skeleton called off at the last minute over replica bone controversy

By Harry Baker published

The auction house Christie's has called off the upcoming auction of a T. rex skeleton, known as Shen, after experts noticed it looked suspiciously similar to another famous T. rex specimen, Stan.

Hackett holding the giant goldfish soon after catching it.

Giant 67-pound goldfish reeled in from French lake may be one of the largest ever caught

By Ben Turner published

In an epic tug-of-war, it took the British angler 25 minutes to haul the monster fish, nicknamed The Carrot, to land.

A wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) with an impressive red wattle.

10 terrific turkey facts

By Remy Melina, Jeanna Bryner published

Turkeys can fly, blush and are distant relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex. Read on to learn more about these Thanksgiving divas.

A black widow spider spinning egg case silk.

11 deadliest spiders

By Christina Hughes published

From the funnel web spider to the brown recluse, here are some of the deadliest spiders on Earth.

A team of scientists and conservationists has rediscovered the elusive black-naped pheasant-pigeon, a large, ground-dwelling pigeon that only lives on Fergusson Island, a rugged island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago off of eastern Papua New Guinea.

Long-lost bird species, thought to be extinct, captured in images for 1st time in 140 years

By Joanna Thompson published

Images and footage of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon were recently captured by scientists. This is the first documented sighting of the elusive bird since 1882.

Artistic reconstruction of the Ordovician fossils Mieridduryn bonniae.

Tiny 'bramble snout' fossils found near Wales were 'weird wonders' that predated the dinosaurs

By Mindy Weisberger published

Scientists recently unearthed fossils of strange ocean creatures that lived about 460 million years ago and were unlike any animal alive today.

A Tyrannosaurus Rex in front of a drive-in movie screen. There is a parked car on the left and right of the scene and panicked people running away from the big dinosaur.

How to watch Jurassic World Dominion: get Peacock for $1/mo this Black Friday

By Fran Ruiz last updated

For a limited time, you can get NBC's Peacock, the home of Jurassic World Dominion, for just $1 per month, so you can spare some expense.

An artist's interpretation of what the newly discovered turtle Leviathanochelys aenigmatica might have looked like.

Titanic 12-foot turtle cruised the ocean 80 million years ago, newfound fossils show

By Harry Baker published

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a never-before-seen species of ancient marine turtle, the largest of its kind ever uncovered in Europe.

Artist's reconstruction of Gangtoucunia aspera as it would have appeared in life on the Cambrian seafloor, around 514 million years ago. The individual in the foreground has part of the skeleton removed to show the soft polyp inside.

Scientists solved a 500 million-year-old mystery about strange Cambrian structures found in China

By Joanna Thompson published

Extremely detailed Cambrian fossils show that enigmatic skeleton tubes belonged to ancient ancestors of modern jellyfish.

A T. rex skull with a black background.

T. rex could have been 70% bigger than fossils suggest, new study shows

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

The largest T. rex to ever live may have weighed up to 33,000 pounds.

close up of a blakc and white cow's face, it's mouth is hanging open slightly

Cows fed hemp act stoned and produce milk containing THC

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Cows fed hemp, which is not yet an approved animal feed, behaved strangely and produced milk with THC.

The alligator corpse shortly after being pulled out from the python's stomach.

Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead python

By Harry Baker published

In a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.

Sea-Monkeys

What are Sea-Monkeys?

By Ailsa Harvey, Live Science Staff published

Reference Sea-monkeys is the marketing term used for a hybrid breed of brine shrimp sold in packets of dust in aquarium shops.

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A bizarre lump of white flesh on Mariazon Beach in Cornwall, England, on Oct. 27. Experts think that it is likely to be a whale's stomach.

Weird 'alien' sacks wash up on UK beach, most likely a whale's stomach

By Harry Baker published

A dog-walker recently stumbled across a bizarre, white "fleshy lump" on a beach in Cornwall, England. Experts think that the unusual object is actually part of a whale's stomach.

An octopus spotted by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's remotely operated vehicle near Shallop in the Atlantic Ocean.

Octopus facts

By Alina Bradford last updated

These eight-armed, blue-blooded animals are quite intelligent. Sad about their sex lives, though.

A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Octopuses may be so terrifyingly smart because they share humans' genes for intelligence

By Donavyn Coffey last updated

Genetic analysis of octopuses identified DNA sequences in their brains called transposons, which may help regulate learning.

A venomous cobra was recently killed in India after it was bitten twice by a panicked 8-year-old boy.

Cobra bites boy, boy bites it back (the boy was fine, the snake wasn’t)

By Harry Baker published

An 8-year-old boy recently killed a venomous cobra in India after recieving a venom-free "dry bite" from the snake and then biting back in retaliation.

A mouthbrooding fish holding its eggs in its mouth.

Fish moms that carry young in their mouths sometimes eat their babies for breakfast

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Mouthbrooding fish under stress may sometimes resort to cannibalism and eat their young. Scientists' discovery of the behavior was "a complete accident."

European eels make an absolutely Herculean effort to reproduce.

Where do eels come from?

By Stephanie Pappas published

European eels make an incredibly grueling, mysterious migration to spawn in the Sargasso Sea.

Owner Carola Weidemann stands beside her small Shetland Pony Pumuckel and a warmblood horse at her farm in Breckerfeld, western Germany on October 21, 2022.

20-inch pony left long-faced, must wait to be crowned world’s smallest horse

By Harry Baker published

A 3-year-old male Shetland pony named Pumuckel has narrowly missed out on officially being named the world's smallest horse due to a technicality, but he’s likely to gallop off with the title next year.