These eels can swallow prey on land, thanks to extendable jaws in their throats By Mindy Weisberger Most marine creatures get their meals in the water, but snowflake moray eels have a strange adaptation that lets them grab and swallow prey on land, too.
Record-breaking Aussie dinosaur was as long as a basketball court By Laura Geggel The largest dinosaur from Australia was as long as a basketball court and taller than a two-story building.
Orcas 'attacked' humpback mother and calf. Now the calf is missing. By Harry Baker Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed a group of transient orcas attacking a humpback mother and calf in a rare encounter between the two species. But what really happened?
24,000-year-old 'zombies' revived and cloned from Arctic permafrost By Mindy Weisberger Arctic ice dating to 24,000 years ago held frozen microscopic animals called rotifers. Scientists just brought them back to life.
Why are small dogs so fierce? By Tara Santora There are a few possibilities for why small dogs can be so menacing.
Frozen mammoths, bog men and tar wolves: Here's how nature preserves prehistoric creatures By Amy Grisdale, How It Works magazine A mummified frozen cat, baby mammoths, an ancient bison and a young foal are just some of the amazing creatures nature has trapped in time.
Frozen in time: 5 prehistoric creatures found trapped in ice By Amy Grisdale, How It Works magazine Here are 5 of the most famous prehistoric creatures found preserved in the frozen depths of Siberia.
Mysterious event nearly wiped out sharks 19 million years ago By Yasemin Saplakoglu About 90% of sharks disappeared from the ancient oceans in less than 100,000 years, but it's unknown why.
Elephants inhale water at 330 mph By Mindy Weisberger Suction in elephants' trunks is more powerful than scientists thought, about 30 times as forceful as the expulsion of air during a human sneeze.
Adorable 'chocolate frog' discovered in crocodile-infested swamp By Brandon Specktor Scientists cataloging tree frogs in New Guinea stumbled across a never-before-seen 'chocolate frog' with brown skin and adorable eyes.
'Wandering meatloaf' creature has teeth of iron By Laura Geggel The tiny teeth of the 'wandering meatloaf' mollusk have a mineral never before seen in an animal.
Giant tortoise thought extinct for a century discovered on Galapagos island By Yasemin Saplakoglu A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago just came out of hiding.
Why do mosquitoes buzz in our ears? By Stacy Kish Here's why mosquitoes buzz around our heads ... and our feet.
Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for 1st time in 3,000 years By Harry Baker Conservationists have confirmed the birth of seven wild Tasmanian devil joeys in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.
What's the biggest freshwater fish in the world? By Patrick Pester Biologists recently caught a 7-foot-long sturgeon in the U.S. but there are much bigger fish lurking in Earth's rivers. What's the biggest freshwater fish in the world?
Do animals hug each other? By Emma Bryce Comfort, consolation and conflict avoidance are just some of the reasons animals embrace.
These worker ants drag their queens to far-off bachelor pads to mate By Ben Turner This is the first time that third-party matchmaking has been observed in non-humans.
Glow-in-the-dark baby squid and tardigrades to be blasted into space By Ben Turner Scientists hope to identify the genes that the animals use to adapt to extreme environments.
Huge egg from extinct dwarf emu found in sand dune By Laura Geggel The egg of a dwarf emu that's been extinct for 200 years was found in a sand dune on King Island, Australia.
Honeybee 'Trojan horse' virus relies on bees' habit of cannibalizing their young By Cameron Duke An increasingly virulent pathogen is turning hygienic cannibalism on its head.
