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77,000 baby salmon survive truck crash in Oregon by leaping into nearby creek
By Sascha Pare published
A truck that was transporting 102,000 spring Chinook salmon to the Imnaha River in northeastern Oregon crashed in a road bend, spilling most of its cargo into a nearby creek.
Extremely rare marsupial mole that 'expertly navigates' sand dunes spotted in Western Australia
By Sascha Pare published
Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu rangers have photographed an elusive mole covered in silky golden locks that burrows in the sands of Western Australia and is only spotted a few times per decade.
Elusive prickly sharks spotted gathering at underwater mountain off Panama — but why remains a mystery
By Melissa Hobson published
Researchers have spotted an atypical gathering of rare prickly sharks around a seamount off Panama.
Blue dragon: The deadly sea slug that steals venom from its prey
By Melissa Hobson published
The blue dragon may be too weak to resist the ocean's current, but it can take on a Portuguese man o'war and even steal its venom.
Decomposing globster washes ashore in Malaysia, drawing crowds
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A mysterious sea creature found on a beach in Malaysia could be a whale carcass.
What is the smallest animal on Earth?
By Patrick Pester published
The prize for the smallest animal goes to a group of microscopic species.
The longest-living animals on Earth
By Patrick Pester last updated
The longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
Watch venomous snakes wrestling for wormlike creature in epic tug-of-war battle
By Elise Poore published
First-of-its-kind footage captures two coral snakes fighting over a wormlike creature in western Colombia.
Triceratops: Facts about the three-horned dinosaur
By Joseph Castro last updated
Triceratops lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, between 67 million and 65 million years ago. Once considered solitary, new fossil discoveries indicate it was a social animal that may have lived in herds.
Giant coyote killed in southern Michigan turns out to be a gray wolf — despite the species vanishing from region 100 years ago
By Sascha Pare published
A hunter who killed a gray wolf during a legal coyote hunt in Michigan's Lower Peninsula in January said he mistook the animal for a large coyote.
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