Do camels really have water in their humps? By Tara Santora How do camels quench their thirst in the desert?
Corgi-size pterosaurs walked in the rain 145 million years ago By Laura Geggel Researchers in Wyoming have discovered a pterosaur trackway dating to 145 million years ago.
You can't squish this 'iron' beetle. Now, scientists know why. By Mindy Weisberger A tough exoskeleton in ironclad beetles protect them against piercing and crushing, and scientists recently uncovered the unusual interlocking structures that strengthen the insect's hard shell.
1st-ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild is not 'cute and cuddly' By Mindy Weisberger Filmmakers spent three years following pandas in China's Qinling Mountains, capturing never-before-seen footage of males competing over females.
24 million-year-old nursery for baby megasharks discovered in South Carolina By Laura Geggel The discovery of nearly 90 shark teeth, largely from young sharks, indicates there was a shark nursery here 24 million years ago.
Half-male, half-female songbird discovered in Pennsylvania By Mindy Weisberger A rose-breasted grosbeak that was captured in a Pennsylvania nature reserve is a bilateral gynandromorph — male on the right side and female on the left side.
Adorable tardigrades fight UV rays with glowing shield By Mindy Weisberger Tough little tardigrades use biofluorescence to resist damage from ultraviolet rays.
Bird flies 7,500 miles nonstop, breaking world record By Yasemin Saplakoglu A bar-tailed godwit just flew for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand.
Weird venomous caterpillars that look like walking toupées are invading Virginia By Rafi Letzter Pus caterpillars have among the most venomous stings of any animal in the United States. And they're having a boom year in Virginia.
Why some animals have a penis bone shaped like an ice-cream scooper By Carly Cassella It could scoop out sperm from competitors.
Only two northern white rhinos remain. And they're both female. By Ruth Appeltant, Suzannah Williams Sadly, this success story only stretches as far as the southern subspecies of the white rhino.
Mosquito 'tongue' neurons ignite like fireworks at taste of human blood By Mindy Weisberger The taste of your blood ignites a burst of sensory neuron activity in mosquito mouthparts.
1st of their kind baby tyrannosaur fossils unearthed By Laura Geggel It's rare to find tyrannosaur baby bones, but now researchers have two: a toe claw and a jawbone.
Adorable ancient sea cows once swam through now-bone dry Egyptian desert By Laura Geggel Ancient marine beasts used to swim in what is now Egypt's Eastern Desert.
Female moles grow testicles to fight through their brutal underground existence By Mike McRae To help moles fight in the brutal underground world, evolution has granted the female mole a generous dose of 'roid rage' by tacking some testicles onto her ovaries.
What's the first species humans drove to extinction? By Emma Bryce Which species died out first because of humans?
Stan the T. rex just became the most expensive fossil ever sold By Laura Geggel A Tyrannosaurus rex called Stan ended up on the auction block because of a lawsuit. Here's how it happened.
After 3,000 years, Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia By Mindy Weisberger Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, where they haven't been seen in the wild for millennia.
Scientists discover great white shark 'queen of the ocean' By Stephanie Pappas Marine biologists have discovered an enormous great white shark they're calling the "queen of the ocean" off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Megalodon's hugeness was 'off-the-scale' — even for a shark By Mindy Weisberger A new study evaluates massive Megalodon alongside all sharks in the lamniform group — living and extinct. Even among its extinct relatives, Megalodon was unequalled in length and mass.
