Why Do All the Babies in This Massive Penguin Colony Keep Drowning? By Rafi Letzter The second-largest emperor penguin colony in the world appears to be collapsing, after rough seas drowned all of its babies three winters in a row.
Get Stuffed: Which Animals Challenge Taxidermists the Most? By Mindy Weisberger There really is more than one way to skin (and mount) a cat.
In Photos: Animal Taxidermies Are Uncannily Lifelike By Mindy Weisberger Dead animals never looked so alive.
Scientists Think They've Finally Figured Out Why DEET Is So Effective By Rafi Letzter The researchers put their own bodies on the line for DEET-mosquito science.
'Beautiful Nightmare' Crab Sported Lobster Shell, Shrimp Mouth and Soccer Ball Eyes By Laura Geggel An ancient crab that lived during the dinosaur age was so strange, paleontologists are calling it the platypus of the crab world.
Photos: Ancient Crab is the Strangest You've Ever Seen By Laura Geggel Here's the strangest crab you may ever lay eyes on.
What's the Controversy Over the Baby T. Rex Listed on eBay? By Laura Geggel The partial skeleton of a baby Tyrannosaurus rex is for sale on eBay for nearly $3 million. Paleontologists are furious about it.
Ringtail Cats: Photos of the 'Cutest Animal in North America' By Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher This cutie pie may be wild but the ringtail cat sometimes acts like Fluffy. It will lick its forepaw, then use that forepaw to wipe and clean its ears, face and snout.
If the Animals from 'Game of Thrones' Houses Battled, Which One Would Win? By Mindy Weisberger You win, or you get eaten.
Photos: Perfectly Preserved Baby Horse Unearthed in Siberian Permafrost By Christine Lunsford The foal died more than 30,000 years ago, yet everything from its hooves to the fine hairs in its nose remained intact.
42,000-Year-Old Foal Entombed in Ice Still Had Liquid Blood in Its Veins By Stephanie Pappas It's the oldest liquid blood on record, say scientists who want to clone the ice age horse.
Millipede Genitals Glow Different Colors (But Scientists Can't Explain Why) By Mindy Weisberger Many species of the leggy critters glow under UV light.
This Ancient 'Warg' Was Scarier Than a Tolkien Beast, Terrorized Kenya 22 Million Years Ago By Laura Geggel This newly discovered, but now extinct carnivore lived about 22 million years ago in what is now Kenya. It was larger than a polar bear, the largest land-based carnivore alive today.
A Living 'Balloon on a String' Discovered in the Deepest Part of the Indian Ocean By Yasemin Saplakoglu Explorers captured a video of this gelatinous creature in a recent dive to the Java Trench in the Indian Ocean.
Why Are So Many Gray Whales Washing Up Dead on California's Coast? By Kimberly Hickok Seven dead gray whales have washed up on Northern California beaches in less than two months, and that has researchers concerned.
World's Rarest Giant Turtle Loses Last Known Female, All But Guaranteeing Extinction By Brandon Specktor The world's last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died one day after a failed artificial insemination in China.
Football-Size 'Bugs' Feast on an Alligator in This Creepy Deep-Sea Video By Stephanie Pappas In the food deserts of the deep ocean, it doesn't take long for scavengers to find a bonanza when it lands.
