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![One eyed wolf walking on thick snow next to a camera set up on a trail.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/59La6XCjdhAUYYBsuHf2AU-320-80.jpg)
'She is so old': One-eyed wolf in Yellowstone defies odds by having 10th litter of pups in 11 years
By Patrick Pester published
Wolf 907F recently gave birth to her 10th litter of pups, which researchers say is likely a Yellowstone National Park record.
![Artist impression of the newly discovered dinosaur Koleken inakayali.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fH2SQF23CAjScmqXxijmMa-320-80.jpg)
If you thought T. rex had tiny arms, wait until you see this apex predator's ridiculously tiny appendages
By Patrick Pester published
Newly discovered dinosaur — the apex predator of its environment — had a weirdly flat skull compared to its contemporaries, along with ridiculously small arms.
![Two images; red squid with two bright green tips at the end of their arms (left), red squid wraps arms around underwater camera (right).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pSy4y3CPGJAVnTuFRneYvX-320-80.jpg)
Elusive 'octopus squid' with world's largest biological lights attacks camera in striking new video
By Elise Poore published
Watch rare footage of deep sea "octopus squid" reveal its bioluminescent photophores as it attacks an underwater camera.
![A group of four archaeologists stand over the mammoth bones in the wine cellar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mBap2iy6JmcvNGnLchFkWB-320-80.jpg)
'Archaeological sensation': Winemaker discovers hundreds of mammoth bones while renovating his cellar
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have excavated over 300 bones from at least three mammoths in an Austrian wine cellar, potentially suggesting they were butchered by humans.
![A black anglerfish lying on a beach](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JK7VQZ6knrShdWRVBTJYRC-320-80.jpg)
Nightmarish 'footballfish' washes up dead on US beach in potential 1st-of-its-kind occurrence
By Harry Baker published
A female Pacific footballfish was found dead on an Oregon beach — potentially for the first time ever. It is currently unclear what killed the alien-looking creature and how it was dragged up from the depths.
![A periodical cicada, a member of Brood X, hangs upside down after emerging from its shell.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WmyBHE4p28PSRu3KN3SBk3-320-80.jpg)
Cicada double brood event: What to expect as trillions of bugs emerge in Eastern US
By Carys Matthews last updated
When and where will the double cicada brood emerge? Here's what to expect from this rare phenomenon, which occurs only once every 221 years.
![A close-up picture of a blue-eyed cicada and 4-year-old Jack Bailey crouching and holding cicadas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qCumFosk5Ya9iu6iWJZB9P-320-80.jpg)
Mutant blue-eyed cicadas discovered outside Chicago during rare double brood event
By Sascha Pare published
Most of the periodical cicadas emerging across the eastern U.S. in this year's rare dual emergence event have blood-red eyes, but sightings of blue-eyed variants have recently been reported.
![cicadas on a tree with green leaves](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/umTHFgd3wX8CiynQAhrzW8-320-80.jpg)
Double cicada bloom 2024: Google Doodle celebrates once-in-221-year event with band of bugs
By Hannah Osborne published
The "cicada-geddon" is the result of the co-emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX, with billions of bugs crawling out of the ground across parts of Eastern U.S.
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