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Takins: Strange, mountain-dwelling mammals with mythical golden fleeces
These weird-looking stocky mammals roam Alpine zones and forested valleys in Asia, using their specially adapted split hooves help them traverse the steep, rocky terrain.
Which group of animals has the most species?
The leading group is so diverse that it represents one in every three animal species on Earth.
Big, healthy great white shark washes up dead on Canada beach in latest of string of mystery strandings
Scientists have performed a necropsy on a great white shark that washed up in Nova Scotia — the fifth unexplained stranding of its kind in a year — but were unable to determine the cause of death.
Ancient Egyptian papyrus describes dozens of venomous snakes, including rare 4-fanged serpent
Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll.
More than 10 billion snow crabs starved to death off the coast of Alaska. But why?
A large population of snow crabs in the eastern Bering Sea collapsed after a marine heat wave in 2018 and 2019 that multiplied the crabs' caloric needs and drove them to starvation.
Identity of mysterious 'mermaid globster' that washed up in Papua New Guinea 'is anyone's guess,' experts say
The severely decayed remains of a marine creature recently washed up on a beach in Papua New Guinea. Experts can't agree on what the ghostly white lump is, but it is most likely the remains of a marine mammal.
Horrifying parasitic worm snatches its host's genes to control its mind
Horsehair worms flood their hosts' minds with proteins made from copied chunks of their own genomes.
Orcas attacked a great white shark to gorge on its liver in Australia, shredded carcass suggests
Orcas have been feasting on sharks' livers off the coast of South Africa for several years and could now be doing the same in Australia, the carcass of a great white suggests.
Tiny, highly venomous jellyfish stings 2 people in the middle of the ocean — forcing them to be airlifted to hospital
Irukandji jellyfish, which are around the same size as a dime, have a venom-filled sting that can trigger an extremely painful and occasionally deadly syndrome.
Last-known crocodile in Europe lived in Spain 4.5 million years ago, researchers say
A tooth unearthed in Spain and dating to the Pliocene is the latest evidence of a crocodile ever found in Europe and supports the idea crocs crossed over from Africa about 6.2 million years ago.
