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A kangaroo stands chest-deep in water.
Kangaroos might try to drown your dog. Here's why. Footage of a kangaroo attempting to drown a dog in a river in Australia went viral online, but this isn't the first time a marsupial has pulled this trick.
An orca attacks a whale, which is gushing blood from its mouth.
Orcas are learning terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter? From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors.
Monkey looks at himself in a handheld mirror
Which animals can recognize themselves in the mirror? Research on whether animals can recognize themselves in the mirror began in 1970 1 and just a handful of species have since passed the test ever since.

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Orcas swimming near a boat

Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attack

By Harry Baker published

For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.

Orcas
A closeup-photo of a Brazilian wandering spider, with orange head and black and white-striped legs

Brazilian wandering spiders: Bites & other facts

By Jessie Szalay last updated

The Brazilian wandering spider, also called the banana spider, is one of the planet's most venomous spiders.

Spiders
Striped cat yawns with wide open mouth on bright pink background; The sun showing sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

Science news this week: The many faces of cats and an impending solar maximum

By Alexander McNamara published

Nov. 5, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Animals
Two scaly earless monitor lizards sit together side by side on top of some leaves

Earless monitor lizards: The 'Holy Grail' of reptiles that looks like a mini dragon

By Patrick Pester published

Researchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo.

Lizards
Aerial view of great white sharks among seals as they gather near the shore in the shallows of clear turquoise water.

Watch great white shark get mobbed by gang of seals in 'incredible and surprising' footage

By Sascha Pare published

Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa.

Sharks
The body of a small elephant lies in the centre of the frame against tall dried grass in Botswana.

Deadly bacteria may be the culprit behind mysterious elephant die-off

By Elise Poore published

Scientists found a potential cause of a mysterious die-off of African savanna elephants in 2020 after they discovered deadly bacteria lurking in six corpses.

Animals
Megapod group of dolphins swim in the ocean.

Watch a huge megapod of acrobatic spinner dolphins in incredible, rare video

By Hannah Osborne published

A megapod of dolphins with thousands of individuals has been captured on video hunting flying fish off the coast of Costa Rica.

Dolphins
a wolf spider lookin at the camera with spider babies on her head

Wolf spider mama wearing crown of babies captured in stunning photo

By Hannah Osborne published

Winning images from The Nature Conservancy's 2023 Global Photo Contest include a wolf spider in a Maryland park with a hat made of her own babies.

Spiders
Monkey looks at himself in a handheld mirror

Which animals can recognize themselves in the mirror?

By Richard Pallardy published

Research on whether animals can recognize themselves in the mirror began in 1970 1 and just a handful of species have since passed the test ever since.

Animals
photo shows a rat in the center of an area with images projected on its walls. The rat is hooked up to an apparatus that's suspended above its head

Can rats 'imagine'? Rodents show signs of imagination while playing VR games

By Kamal Nahas published

Rats immersed in a VR world played games that could be won only by using imaginative route planning, scientists report.

Land Mammals
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