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Cats: Facts about our feline friends
By Stephanie Pappas, Marilyn Perkins last updated
Discover interesting facts about cat intelligence, how they see the world, and why we keep them around.

Asian hermit spider: The arachnid that gets stronger after ejecting its own penis
By Lydia Smith published
Female Asian hermit spiders gobble up their partners after mating, so males detach their penises and sometimes offer up an amputated leg to escape.

Why do cats lick plastic bags?
By Kohava Mendelsohn published
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
By Skyler Ware published
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
By Pandora Dewan published
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
By Jess Thomson published
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?
By Nicholas Green published
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
By Jess Thomson published
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
By Jess Thomson published
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
By Jess Thomson published
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.
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