100-Plus Neglected Lions Found With Mange, Neurological Problems, on South African Farm By Stephanie Pappas The owner of the lions was a member of the organization that sets animal-welfare standards for lion breeding.
How Tiny Crustaceans Survive the Crushing Pressures of the Mariana Trench By Charles Q. Choi As if preparing for battle, some shrimplike creatures suit up in aluminum armor to survive the ravages of the deepest part of the oceans, a new study finds.
Cats 'Farm' Bacteria in Their Butts. Here's Why. By Grant Currin Cat butts are home to communities of microbes that produce cats' distinctive, stinky pheromone spray.
Photos: Tiny Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Was About As Big As T. Rex's Skull By Laura Geggel This 92-million-year-old tyrannosaur was so small, it was only slightly larger than the skull of its mighty relative, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Ancient Millipede Walked with Dinosaurs, Died in a Sticky Trap By Mindy Weisberger Exceptional preservation led to the discovery of a new millipede suborder.
3-Eyed Snake Found in Australia Surprises Rangers By Laura Geggel Rangers in Australia could hardly believe their eyes when they came across a wild snake with three functioning peepers on its head.
Ice Age Bear and Wolf-Like Creature Found in Underwater Mexican Cave By Laura Geggel Divers excavating an underwater cave in Mexico have discovered the bones of giant meat eaters that lived there during the last ice age, a new study reported.
Feral Cats in Australia Sentenced to Death by Sausage By Mindy Weisberger Feral cats are driving many Australian species to the brink of extinction, and the government is stepping in.
Russians Likely Used This Beluga Whale As a Spy. Here's Why. By Laura Geggel Fishermen in Norway came across a Russian spy late last week, but the interloper wouldn't reveal its mission, and with good reason: It couldn't, because it was a beluga whale.
'Hippie Chimps' Had Sex with Mysterious 'Ghost Ape' Hundreds of Thousands of Years Ago By Charles Q. Choi Mysterious "ghost apes" may have interbred with the great apes known as bonobos just as modern humans repeatedly had sex with now-extinct human lineages.
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.
