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![close up of a king cobra in an attack position with its mouth open](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7grkegytV4qrcMb9zSQT8V-320-80.jpg)
13 of the most venomous snakes on the planet
By Jeanna Bryner last updated
An encounter with one of these venomous snakes could cost you your life.
![Rare Irrawaddy calf swimming behind two indo-pacific dolphins captured just above the water surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rJpWBu3FpV6jXMh9yQBBVQ-320-80.jpg)
Pink dolphins spotted with baby from completely different species in 'mystery' encounter
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers snapped a photo of a baby Irrawaddy dolphin in a group of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins swimming off the coast of Cambodia.
![a mother bornean clouded leopard and her cubs in a forest in Indonesia](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4NsN5hKTM5G6DF2F8b6Wdj-320-80.jpg)
Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for 1st time ever
By Elise Poore published
Camera traps in Indonesian Borneo recorded a clouded leopard mother with her two cubs in the first footage of its kind.
![A curled up hagfish on the sandy sea floor.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w43ryfeay6UhwdoWFhXgA6-320-80.jpg)
Pacific Hagfish: The ancient deep-sea creature that can can choke a shark by spewing slime
By Melissa Hobson published
This eel-like fish lives on the seabed over 300 feet below the surface where it feasts on dead animals and protects itself from attack using a suffocating slime.
![A bear charges at a tigress on a dirt road at Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in India.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SDffR2TVNmFb7J9Wmgn5AR-320-80.jpg)
Bear vs tiger: Watch 2 of nature's heavyweights face off in the wild in India
By Sascha Pare published
Visitors at a tiger reserve in India recently filmed an encounter between a tigress and a bear, with the bear charging after the tigress but deciding at the last minute it was not worth the fight.
![Artist impression of extinct giant cheetah species Acinonyx pleistocaenicus hunting](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HJGW2q3LBt8v4ABq3u45qH-320-80.jpg)
Huge cheetah that roamed China 1 million years ago would have stood face to face with a tiger
By Soumya Sagar published
Extinct colossal cat Acinonyx pleistocaenicus was the biggest species of cheetah to have ever lived, scientists reveal.
![A boy lying next to a partially exposed fossil in the ground.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nechhEDCnUuBwQr2J8URXE-320-80.jpg)
Kids discover extremely rare teen T. rex fossils sticking out of the ground during North Dakota Badlands hike
By Patrick Pester published
'Teen Rex' is about to go on display for the first time and appear in a new T. rex documentary, thanks to a discovery made by three young boys.
![Sawfish in shallow water.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KM8Q97gKbrFKAtuB4VPkPP-320-80.jpg)
Florida's smalltooth sawfish mass die-off mystery deepens as lab results provide no clues
By Melissa Hobson published
Despite numerous tests, experts still can't figure out why smalltooth sawfish in Florida are dying in such a strange way — spinning, thrashing and beaching themselves.
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