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Venomous snake with 3 fangs may be the 'most dangerous death adder in the world'A death adder at an Australian wildlife park found to have three fangs that all produce deadly neurotoxic venom.
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Mice administer 'first-aid' to friends — even trying to bring the dead back to lifeMice will lick the faces and pull at the tongues of other mice if they're found unconscious, with more vigorous grooming resulting in faster recovery.
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Dolphins: Facts about the intelligent marine mammals that use tools to huntDiscover interesting facts about how dolphins sleep, if they're dangerous, and what they eat.
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Whales: Facts about the largest animals on EarthDiscover interesting facts about whales, how big they can get, and how they track down their prey.
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Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years agoDiscover interesting facts about when dinosaurs lived, why they died and how big they got
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'Find of a lifetime': 15th-century gold and silver coins discovered by amateur metal detectorists in ScotlandA collection of over 30 gold and silver English and Scottish coins from throughout the 1400s were discovered near the Scotland border by hobbyist metal detectorists.
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166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from JurassicA fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.
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Megalodon may have grown up to 80 feet long — far larger than previous estimatesNew study suggests megalodons may have grown 15 feet longer than some previous estimates, had enormous babies, and didn't look like supersized great white sharks.
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Scientists invent 3D-printed penis implant to restore erections — and it works in rabbits and pigsResearchers 3D-printed a model penis that could successfully become erect just like the natural version, parts of which were then implanted into pigs and rabbits with erectile issues.
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Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is crumbling into the sea at an unprecedented rateCoastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two decades.
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150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thoughtResearchers have discovered that humans lived in tropical rainforests 150,000 years ago, around 100,000 years earlier than previous evidence suggested.
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Sneaky bamboo can control the genes of the pandas eating it, scientists discoverTiny scraps of genetic material from bamboo might influence the genes of pandas, helping them adapt to a mostly bamboo diet.
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Deadly motor-neuron disease treated in the womb in world 1stAn infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment started in the womb.
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'Gossiping neighbors': Plants didn't evolve to be kind to each other, study findsRather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses.
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'Breakthrough' stem-cell patches stabilized woman's heart as she awaited transplantA woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts.
