'Dog Years' Are a Total Myth. Here's How Old Fido Really Is. By Yasemin Saplakoglu When your dog's big, pleading eyes look up at you, is it with old-age wisdom or teenage naiveté?
'Gay' Penguin Couple Had No Egg of Their Own. So They Stole One. By Mindy Weisberger A pair of mated male penguins in a Dutch zoo were so eager for offspring that they stole an egg from another couple's nest.
3 Cows Swept Out to Sea by Hurricane Dorian Were Found Peacefully Grazing on an Island Miles Away By Yasemin Saplakoglu They likely had to swim about four miles to the island.
Does This 'Unicorn Puppy' Really Have an Extra Tail? By Rachael Rettner The puppy appears to have an extra tail on his face, but things are not what they seem.
Dinosaur-Era Bird Preserved in 3D Could Rewrite History of Flight By Mindy Weisberger A previously unknown species of primitive bird has a tail feature associated with flight in modern birds.
Ants: From the Cool to the Creepy By Rachel Ross Yes, some ants will take over your pantry, but others are crucial for the environment.
Closest Living Relative of Extinct 'Bigfoot' Found By Mindy Weisberger Gigantopithecus, an enormous extinct ape that lived in Asia millions of years ago, was a close relative of the modern orangutan.
The Mysterious 'Tully Monster' Just Got More Mysterious By Chris Rogers Scientists reveal more mysteries about the bizarre Tully Monster, an ancient sea creature with stalked eyes that has defied classification.
DNA Just One of More Than 1 Million Possible 'Genetic Molecules,' Scientists Find By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists used a computer program to uncover more than 1 million molecules that could potentially store genetic information, just like DNA.
A Tiny Species That Looks Part-Deer, Part-Mouse Was Missing for Nearly 30 Years. Scientists Just Found It. By Yasemin Saplakoglu With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain meandering about its tree-filled home.
Remains of a Massive Jurassic 'Sea Monster' Found in a Polish Cornfield By Mindy Weisberger Paleontologists in Poland unearthed the jaws and teeth of a pliosaur, an ancient marine reptile with a bite more powerful than that of T. rex.
This Fungus Makes Snakes Look Like Mummies. It Just Turned Up in California. By Nicoletta Lanese A fungal disease is infecting snakes across the nation, and now, it's reached California.
Thousands of Ants Trapped in Polish Nuclear Bunker Turn to Cannibalism to Survive By Mindy Weisberger After a group of worker ants became trapped in a sealed nuclear bunker in Poland, they formed a queen-free "colony" that survived through cannibalism.
Does Catnip Really Make Cats 'High'? By Mindy Weisberger Cats that have an extreme response to catnip may look like they're experiencing euphoria.
Human-Size Blob Drifts by Divers. And It's Packed with Hundreds of Thousands of Baby Squid. By Mindy Weisberger A trio of divers off the western coast of Norway had a close encounter with a drifting gelatinous blob — a squid's egg sac as big as an adult human.
The Scoop on Slime — Hyenas Squeeze It from Their Butts and Parrotfish Sleep in Snot Balloons By Mindy Weisberger Gooey, sticky slime isn't just gross; it's crucial for the survival of a wide variety of animals and plants, many of which are featured in the new book "Believe It or Snot."
This Brainless 'Blob' Could Take Over the Paris Zoo, If You Give It Enough Oatmeal By Brandon Specktor The Paris Zoological Park is debuting a new exhibit on 'the blob' — a brainless, single-cell slime mold with incredible problem-solving potential.
Why Do Pigeons Bob Their Heads? By Emma Bryce Head-bobbing might make pigeons look ridiculous, but there's a practical purpose behind this very strange display.
Ancient 'Cockroaches of the Sea' Fossilized While Playing 'Follow the Leader' By Stephanie Pappas Trilobites fossilized in Morocco seem to have been buried by a storm as they marched in an orderly queue.
Game Over: These Monkeys Just Crushed Humans on a Computer Game By Nicoletta Lanese While playing a game, monkeys switched strategies each round, while humans stuck to a set of inefficient rules.
