First-of-its-kind hatch celebrated at Mississippi Aquarium. See photos of the rare birds
The Mississippi Aquarium celebrated a first in January, with the birth of two critically endangered penguin chicks.
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Vultures Lounge on Plains in Unusual Calm Moment
"Rob the Ranger brings the untamed beauty of African wildlife straight to your screen with candid, unscripted footage captured in breathtaking detail. Want to dive deeper into the captivating world of ...
What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...
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Some dolphins pee up into the air and we’ve only now learned this
Dolphins have pulled off some bizarre stunts, but this one is something else. Picture this: a male Amazon river dolphin swims ...
These unusual fishing devices keep washing up in Texas
Typically, the rafts have a beacon attached to alert fishermen when they should deploy their nets. Many FADs that wash up on ...
The Founders of U.S. Glamping Empire Under Canvas Just Opened South Africa's Newest Safari Lodge, and We Were the First to Stay
Few&Far Luvhondo, by the founders of Under Canvas, just opened in Limpopo, South Africa, with a 24-mile, solar-powered aerial ...
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7,000-year-old bone holds 3 arrowheads with mixed poisons — the oldest of their kind on record
This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
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The Last Roar of the White Lion
A white lion living in the wild survival is under threat, the albino pale color of their skin is a dangerous distinction.
We studied more than 500 giraffe skulls from all over Africa – and confirmed there are 4 distinct species
For more than a decade many researchers have compared the DNA of giraffes from all parts of Africa. These studies have ...
These animals evolved to be ‘ultrablack’—here’s why
An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...
Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison
This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.