New Bone-Eating Life Form Discovered in Bizarre Alligator-Corpse Study By Brandon Specktor Scientists sank three alligator corpses into the Gulf of Mexico to see whether bottom-dwelling sea creatures could eat them. They did — handily.
Nutria: The Invasive Rodents of Unusual Size By Rachel Ross Nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems.
Dying Fish Revealed Congo Is World's Deepest River By Mindy Weisberger The turbulent lower Congo River, home to hundreds of fish species, is not only Earth's deepest river; it also presents biologists with an intriguing window into evolution.
You're Not Seeing Things, These Spider Butts Look Like Faces By Kimberly Hickok The flashy abdomens of male peacock spiders may serve a very important purpose.
Solar Storms Might Be Causing Gray Whales to Get Lost By Kimberly Hickok Strandings of healthy gray whales increase with the prevalence of solar storms.
Oldest Guts Ever Found May Reveal the Identity of a Mysterious Primordial Creature By Stephanie Pappas Fossils discovered in Nevada contain preserved guts from a mysterious creature that lived 550 million years ago.
Some Pandas Use Their Head to Climb. Others Just ... Can't. And It's So Unbearably Cute. By Kimberly Hickok Baby pandas. Enough said.
One of World's Largest Freshwater Fish May Be First Official Extinction of 2020 By Stephanie Pappas The Chinese paddlefish, which could grow up to 23 feet long, may be the first official extinction of 2020.
Elephants' Trunks Are Like Super-Strong Gumby Arms By Kimberly Hickok Elephants' trunks are even longer than they seem.
A Man Caught a Spider Eating His Pet Goldfish and, Well, It's Terrifying By Brandon Specktor A man caught a spider eating his goldfish in midair. This is creepily common among semiaquatic spiders, which live across the globe.
6-Foot-Tall T. Rex Skeletons Not a New Pygmy Species, Just Teenagers By Tom Metcalfe Two 6-foot-tall dinosaurs, nicknamed "Jane" and "Petey," have been confirmed as Tyrannosaurus rex teenagers with years of growth ahead of them, and not a pygmy dinosaur species as some had argued.
11 Times Animals Got Stuck in Things in 2019 By Mindy Weisberger From raccoons in sewer grates to hedgehogs in cups, this was a sticky year for some unlucky animals.
The 10 Strangest Animal Stories of 2019 By Nicoletta Lanese The animal kingdom is full of cannibals, zombies and party animals.
The 9 Best Blobs of 2019 By Brandon Specktor When scientists find a round, lumpy object they can't totally explain, they call it a "blob." Here are our nine favorite blobs of 2019.
10 Times Nature Was Totally Metal in 2019 By Brandon Specktor From cannibal ants to reindeer 'cyclones' to solar tsunamis, 2019 was a metal year for nature. Here are our 10 favorite moments.
Giant Panda Babies Are Born 'Undercooked' and No One Knows Why By Rafi Letzter The leading theory just fell apart.
Fossilized Brains Found in Ancient Bug-Like Creatures By Nicoletta Lanese New evidence of preserved brain tissue from the Cambrian period counters arguments that nervous tissue cannot be fossilized.
In Photos: Mice Brutally Attack and Devour Albatross on Gough Island By Jeanna Bryner House mice that were introduced to Gough Island in the South Atlantic are attacking and killing both adult and baby albatross.
Mice Caught Attacking Adult Albatross in Gruesome Video By Stephanie Pappas Conservationists are alarmed at the brazen behavior of invasive mice.
