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Why do cats lick plastic bags?
Your pet's love of licking may come from their desire to nurse as a kitten.
Scientists uncover 'inside-out, legless, headless wonder' that lived long before the dinosaurs
Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.
4 snow leopards spotted together on remote Pakistan mountain in rare footage
After spotting pawprints for two weeks, a gamekeeper and photographer in Pakistan caught a rare glimpse of a family of four snow leopards.
Giant, fungus-like organism may be a completely unknown branch of life
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.
How many species of insects are there on Earth?
The number of insect species is mind-boggling — and they are a critical part of the environment.
'Exquisitely preserved' ginormous claws from Mongolia reveal strange evolution in dinosaurs
A new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari has been discovered by scientists, and unlike other therizinosaurs, this species has only two clawed fingers instead of three.
25,000-year-old mammoth bones reveal culture of ancient humans
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of at least five woolly mammoths at a site in Austria. The remains suggest that ancient humans processed the mammoths' ivory tusks 25,000 years ago.
Scientists discover new 15 million-year old fish with last meal fossilized inside its stomach
Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million years ago, and some of the fish have their final meals preserved inside their stomachs.
