Animals

The pathogenic fungus Entomophthora muscae doesn't just kill the flies it infects; it also turns males into sex-crazed necrophiliacs.

A lost Adelie penguin ended up almost 2,000 miles off course.

Venomous fat-tailed scorpions stung more than 500 people after heavy storms disrupted their habitats and brought the deadly arachnids closer to people.

If two Supersauruses bopped noses, they'd be longer than an American football field.

The Pacific lingcod has a mouth full of teeth and sheds up to 20 per day.

Hundreds of bear parts and their derivatives, such as bile, have been smuggled into Australia and New Zealand since 2007, including polar bears.

Scientists recently found that a so-called jumping gene may have jumped ship millions of years ago, and taken our tails with it.

The bald eagles may have tangled while fighting over territory or executing a courtship ritual.

The stunning lobster, named Haddie, is bright blue with dark purple specks.

Cats create "mental maps" using audio cues, scientists have discovered. This enables cats to spatially orient unseen companions, an ability that was previously unknown in felines.

A new analysis of two Triassic skulls found in Greenland reveals a new species of long-necked dinosaur.

Scientists uncovered more than 100 new fossils to learn more about the world's largest ammonites.

Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, primates and other social mammals.

Fish use sharks as scrub brushes by pushing up against the sea predator's scaly bodies to get rid of parasites and other irritants.

"Gorgons" that lived during the Permian period bit each other on the face, the discovery of a bite mark on a skull reveals.

Priapulids, sometimes called penis worms, were fearsome predators of the Cambrian Period. They may have worn shells for protection, new fossil evidence suggests.