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Tiny, highly venomous jellyfish stings 2 people in the middle of the ocean — forcing them to be airlifted to hospital
Irukandji jellyfish, which are around the same size as a dime, have a venom-filled sting that can trigger an extremely painful and occasionally deadly syndrome.
Last-known crocodile in Europe lived in Spain 4.5 million years ago, researchers say
A tooth unearthed in Spain and dating to the Pliocene is the latest evidence of a crocodile ever found in Europe and supports the idea crocs crossed over from Africa about 6.2 million years ago.
Toxic pigment that causes red hair discovered in 10 million-year-old frog fossil
Paleontologists have discovered the first molecular evidence of pheomelanin, a pigment that causes red hair, in the fossil record.
Watch rare footage of huge crocodile eating baby hippo with umbilical cord still attached
A crocodile in Kenya's Mara River was filmed thrashing around with the corpse of a baby hippo in its jaws in unusual sighting. It is unclear if the crocodile killed the calf or if it snatched a stillborn.
Scientists finally figure out why hundreds of gray whales keep washing up dead along US coasts
Three mass mortality events have struck a population of gray whales off the west coast of North America since the 1980s, and scientists have linked them to changing conditions in the Arctic.
How often do orcas attack humans?
Killer whales are surprisingly gentle in the wild when interacting with humans — though it's sometimes a different story with orcas in captivity.
Soldier ants turned into foragers by scientists reprogramming their brains
Scientists discovered an enzyme within the ant "blood-brain barrier" that helps control whether an ant ends up a soldier or a forager.
Low water levels in Lake Powell reveal 'extremely rare' fossils from extinct Jurassic mammal relative
Researchers documenting fossil tracks in March discovered the first tritylodontid fossils ever found in the Navajo Sandstone and rushed to retrieve them before snowmelt replenished Lake Powell.
Oldest evidence of Neanderthals hunting cave lions dates to 48,000 years ago, punctured bones reveal
Scientists analyzing cave lion bones have discovered the earliest evidence of Neanderthals hunting a cave lion, as well as the oldest example of human relatives using a lion pelt for cultural purposes.
