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![An artist's illustration of Wrangel Island's last surviving woolly mammoth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/93PM5cR4AHevy3Jm4jfHJD-320-80.jpg)
Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims
By Ben Turner published
Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed that this final population likely died from a sudden, mysterious event.
![A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa Cardui) perching on a flower.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ue9vJd9gvT24sDyZwjBPjB-320-80.jpg)
Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before
By Ben Turner published
Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean transoceanic flight.
![a large shark appraoching the camera as it takes a bite out of a fish](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/24dUtDqrFvDZLU9Yv6u9V3-320-80.jpg)
'It's like we opened a buffet': Sharks in Gulf of Mexico learn to steal food from fishing nets
By Hannah Osborne published
Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico are learning to associate boat engines with food, leading to more and more cases of depredation, experts say.
![Purple wildflowers growing on termite mounds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GHe4eqqdDwQ6eNC42LHtrM-320-80.jpg)
Scientists discovered the oldest termite mounds on Earth — and they're 34,000 years old
By Kristel Tjandra published
The world's oldest termite mounds have been collecting carbon from the atmosphere for thousands of years.
![Wolf laying on table surround by 4 people wearing white coats and gloves.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aNGTrdkT8NzQq9Wx5hJUh5-320-80.jpg)
Stunning photos show 44,000-year-old mummified wolf discovered in Siberian permafrost
By Hannah Osborne published
Scientists perform necropsy on an ancient wolf pulled from Russian permafrost that may still have prey in its stomach.
![a large saltwater crocodile lying facing the camera with its jaws open with grass underneath](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2SNwq7feg2sqXzk4su2ZGe-320-80.jpg)
32 of the most dangerous animals on Earth
By Carys Matthews published
From the tiniest insects to the largest land animal on Earth, here are some of the most dangerous and deadly creatures in the world.
![Angry Jaguarundi showing teeth (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HSvSaLzaEnqufSSMYhYMfK-320-80.jpg)
Jaguarundi: The little wildcat that looks like an otter and has 13 ways of 'talking'
By Lydia Smith published
Jaguarundis are weird little felines that are about the size of domestic cats, have long bodies with short legs and round, flattened heads.
![hummingbird by flowers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XxgUrjwLqFsGhVgwgbQ5ZG-320-80.jpg)
If birds are dinosaurs, why aren't they cold-blooded?
By Margaret Osborne published
If dinosaurs were reptiles, then why aren't birds cold blooded?
![A comapriosn between the Eye of Sauron (left ) and Myloplus sauron (right)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RFcbm93kPE2tieaKWkEV79-320-80.jpg)
New piranha-like fish with 'human teeth' and Eye of Sauron marking found deep within the Amazon
By Harry Baker published
A new species of piranha-like fish called pacu was recently found hiding in plain sight among several near-identical species in the Amazon River. Researchers have named it after Sauron from "The Lord of the Rings."
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