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Watch heartbreaking footage of humpback whale with missing tail in Washington state
Drone captures footage of a humpback whale missing its tail fluke — an injury suspected to be from long-term entanglement in fishing gear.
Huge mammoth tusk discovered sticking out of Mississippi streambed
An amateur fossil hunter in Mississippi found the first known fossil in the region from a mammoth — a well-preserved tusk that weighed about 600 pounds (270 kilograms).
1-in-100 million 'cotton candy' lobster caught off New Hampshire alive and well at aquarium
A beautiful and rare "cotton candy" lobster caught in New Hampshire may be due to a combination of genetics and diet.
Rat poison is ripping through the food chain, threatening predators at the very top
Rat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves.
Pearlfish: The eel-like fish that lives up a sea cucumber's butt
This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber's sphincter for safety.
Why do only some animals have periods?
Humans are not the only organisms that have periods — some animals do too, but scientists still aren't sure why.
10 crafty ways animals hunt their prey
Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey.
Cobras and their relatives evolved in Asia
Ancient origins of cobras traced back to Asia, before jumping continents to spread across the world up to 37.5 million years ago.
'Extremely unusual': Hottest ocean temperature in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef
The sea surface temperature around the Great Barrier Reef this year is the hottest it has ever been in 400 years, posing huge threats to the coral reef ecosystem in the area.
Great white sharks split into 3 populations 200,000 years ago and never mixed again — except for one hybrid found in the Bermuda Triangle
Scientists found three distinct great-white-shark populations that congregate in different oceans and do not interbreed. Their separation may have implications for conservation.
