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Siphonophores: The clonal colonies that can grow longer than a blue whale
Siphonophores are unusual animals made up of individual organisms called "zooids," which each have a distinct function — despite being genetically identical.
Watch extremely rare footage of a bigfin squid 'walking' on long, spindly arms deep in the South Pacific
While exploring the Tonga Trench in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, researchers captured extremely rare footage of a Magnapinna squid with arms several times the length of its body.
Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims
A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.
32 of the world's smartest animals
Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.
How did sharks become Earth's 'ultimate survivors'? Paleontologist John Long finds answers in new book 'The Secret History of Sharks'
"The Secret History of Sharks" author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons, and how he got over his fear of great whites.
Duck-billed dino with absolutely enormous honker unearthed in Mexico
The newly named dinosaur is unique to Mexico, and it's helping change scientists' understanding of dinosaur ranges across the Americas.
'Scuba-diving' lizards breathe underwater by wearing air bubbles on their noses — just like in a cartoon
Scuba-diving lizards use bubbles to stay submerged in water for long periods of time.
Antechinus: The tiny marsupials where males have sex until they die — then females eat their corpses
All species in the antechinus genus have the same frenzied mating system, where males have sex until they die from organ failure, then the females gobble up their corpses.
