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![A black and white photo of a dog-sized animal with a pointy snout, long, pointy tail, and stripes on its back](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ay4raAmMtq4fHXRpJgvJCM-320-80.jpg)
How many animal species have humans driven to extinction?
By Patrick Pester published
Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we've caused.
![a group of ostriches taken from below, showing their necks and head, with one looking menacingly at the camera](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YgYQokCheGgfR9PXFnRBHM-320-80.jpg)
12 of the biggest birds on Earth
By Scott Dutfield last updated
Reference From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.
![A bear charges at a tigress on a dirt road at Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in India.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SDffR2TVNmFb7J9Wmgn5AR-320-80.jpg)
Bear vs tiger: Watch 2 of nature's heavyweights face off in the wild in India
By Sascha Pare published
Visitors at a tiger reserve in India recently filmed an encounter between a tigress and a bear, with the bear charging after the tigress but deciding at the last minute it was not worth the fight.
![Hammerhead sharks gather in waters off Cocos Island.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RN6Tahs5JhEWiNSHy64eyj-320-80.png)
Watch hammerhead sharks swim in 'cyclones' around ancient volcano in rare footage
By Sascha Pare published
Filmmakers have captured hundreds of hammerhead sharks circling a volcanic island off Costa Rica for a new Netflix wildlife series.
![an immortal jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii floating on a black background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2CXvnuPzyfjRGp4BLGNEZN-320-80.jpg)
The longest-living animals on Earth
By Patrick Pester last updated
The longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
![A grizzly bear walks in the snow in West Yellowstone, Montana.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r5Jub2jLzU5uNTCSD97pQa-320-80.jpg)
Half-asleep bears are wandering around Siberia because it's too hot to hibernate
By Sascha Pare published
Bears that are struggling to hibernate due to abnormally warm weather in Russia's Amur region are wandering around in a daze, having suppressed their metabolism in preparation for winter.
![Lecia binoculars and a celestron telescope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8QauXVLieP6kALGhQcNHvL-320-80.jpg)
Best Cyber Monday telescope and binoculars deals 2023
By Alexander McNamara, Andy Hartup last updated
Black Friday Here are our picks for the best telescope and binoculars deals you'll find for Cyber Monday.
![Four hunters pose holding the record-size male alligator.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/isgG7j9zSECikENDh4Wyrg-320-80.jpeg)
800-pound alligator is the longest ever caught in Mississippi
By Sascha Pare published
The gigantic animal measured 14 feet and 3 inches long, beating the previous record for the longest alligator caught by permitted hunters by more than 2 inches.
![A close up picture of Lizzie the crocodile and one of her babies lying in dappled sunlight.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bkCqxrgtCTWEjHXjYxQTFQ-320-80.jpeg)
Crocodile murder mystery deepens following discovery of 2nd corpse with 'fileted' head
By Sascha Pare published
An anonymous person allegedly told a wildlife tour operator who was very fond of the crocodile "Lizzie" that the killing was a way of proving that humans, not crocodiles, are the apex predator.
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