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![A warning sign for hippopotamuses near Hacienda Nápoles in Doradal, Colombia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4ZJaBSHCSJ4sJaLcDLwiJF-320-80.jpg)
Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' are being sterilized because the population is out of control
By Mindy Weisberger published
Contraception may be the only key to controlling a population boom in feral hippos living in Colombian rivers near Pablo Escobar's former estate.
![Footage of the last Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Australia, from 1933. The film was recently colorized by Composite Films in Paris.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SrWGTpfwK5M6sCWFSyzncn-320-80.gif)
Stunning colorized footage provides a glimpse of the last known Tasmanian tiger
By Mindy Weisberger published
Thylacines, once widespread in Australia, have been extinct for nearly a century, but newly colorized footage provides a glimpse of what they looked like in life.
![In poison dart frogs, bright blue colors broadcast a warning to predators that the animal is toxic.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cdpkaisckBWiEzhmXWu6GT-320-80.jpg)
Why is the color blue so rare in nature?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Of all the colors we can see in nature, blue is one of the rarest.
![Director Eli Roth visits with a shark in his documentary, "Fin."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JeQaeqLhMHKePwR49D7AFa-320-80.jpg)
Humans are the real monsters in gory new shark documentary
By Mindy Weisberger published
Acclaimed horror director Eli Roth has a new documentary on a horrific subject: the shark finning trade.
![Scientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJC6vkr7QLZy5aG8UwzF3R-320-80.jpg)
Rare 'zombie fingers' parasitic fungus is hanging on (barely) in Australia
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.
![A close-up of the pheromone gland in a Stenophylla lobivertex female.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ArnkktH4mhUa9AWhjj9EVa-320-80.jpg)
Dragon mantis females have a Y-shaped sex gland that moves like a tentacle and looks like a maggot
By Mindy Weisberger published
A two-pronged, pheromone-producing gland in female dragon mantises only pops up when they are ready to mate.
![The amphibious Scolopendra alcyona lives near streambeds in the forests of the Ryukyu Islands in Japan.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tnrrBRdaUmB3fMX3S9j7NL-320-80.jpg)
Newfound species of amphibious giant centipede named for woman cursed by the gods
By Mindy Weisberger published
Researchers recently described a new species of amphibious giant centipede in an archipelago in Japan.
![Scientists want to store the DNA of 6.7 million species on a lunar ark as a backup.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YgCAgUgmn3AbrjCcfcndBS-320-80.jpg)
Scientists want to store DNA of 6.7 million species on the moon, just in case
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have unveiled plans for a lunar ark on the moon containing genetic information on 6.7 million species to ensure their preservation against existential threats.
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