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Strange sea worms have butts that grow a brain before wriggling off to find a mate
Scientists have worked out how Japanese green syllids grow a butt with a brain that can swim away to reproduce.
Stunning footage captures tiny bird's fight for survival in massive Saharan sandstorm
First of its kind footage captured for National Geographic's "Incredible Animal Journeys" shows a barn swallow caught in a sandstorm as part of its migration through the Sahara Desert.
Why does Australia have so many venomous animals?
Scientists explain why animals in Australia wield venom as a weapon.
Hercules beetle: The titan insect with giant horns for love and war
Hercules beetles can grow to almost 7 inches long and are among the largest flying insects on Earth.
Giant 1.5-foot-long rat that can crack open coconuts photographed for 1st time on remote island
After years of failed attempts, scientists have finally succeeded in snapping images of an extremely rare, enormous rat that is so big it can reportedly chew through coconuts on the Solomon Islands.
Watch rare footage of 2 mini mola swimming together off Canada's Pacific coast
A diver filmed a pair of young ocean sunfish off Canada's coast and experts estimated them to measure 24 inches across — five times smaller than the size they reach as adults.
Huge mammoth jaw at least 10,000 years old pulled up from Florida river
Fossil enthusiast John Kreatsoulas thought the artifact was a log, before he realized he was holding a bone from the last ice age.
Great white sharks are hanging out in the twilight zone and scientists don't know why
Researchers recorded the movements of ocean predators and found many diving to depths of over 3,200 feet for reasons that are currently unclear.
