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Climate Change Turned 99.8% of These Sea Turtle Babies into Girls

January 09, 2018 | Article

A new study found that sea turtles born in areas most heated by climate change are 99.8 percent female.
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Megalodon Ancestor: Fossil Teeth Link Beast to Earth’s Largest Shark

January 08, 2018 | Article

The newly identified mega-toothed shark lived about 83 million years ago, during the dinosaur age.
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Frozen Sharks Washing Up on Cape Cod

January 06, 2018 | Article

The thresher sharks likely didn't die of hypothermia.
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Watch for Falling Iguanas! Bomb Cyclone Drops Frozen Lizards

January 05, 2018 | Article

It's snowing iguanas in Florida. The good news is they probably aren't dead.
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Rudeness Wins: Bonobos Are Attracted to Creeps

January 05, 2018 | Article

Bonobos, known as largely peaceful primates, are attracted to behavior that's not very nice.
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Why Are So Many Pets Overweight?

January 04, 2018 | Article

As with humans, obesity in pets is at epidemic proportions. Here's why.
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'Nature's Smallest Rainbow' Found on Australian Spider's Butt

January 03, 2018 | Article

Behold the tiny, luminous badonkadonk that could further the field of optics.
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Common Ancestor of Sharks and Humans Lived 440 Million Years Ago

January 03, 2018 | Article

Humans and sharks are incredibly different creatures, but the two shared a common ancestor 440 million years ago, a new study finds.
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Do Animals Get Jealous?

January 02, 2018 | Article

Research suggests that dogs and non-human primates experience jealousy just like humans.
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Sea Stars Make a Comeback After Mysterious 'Goo' Disease Killed Millions

December 28, 2017 | Article

For the past four years, a mysterious syndrome has been killing millions of sea stars along the West Coast, turning the five-armed critters into piles of goo. But now, the sea stars appear to be making a comeback, according to news reports.
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