Mutant 'daddy shortlegs' created in a lab By Harry Baker 16 August 2021 Scientists have created an altered version of daddy longlegs with shortened and morphologically altered legs by suppressing the genes behind the development of their long legs.
The longest-living animals on Earth By Patrick Pester 16 August 2021 The longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
Why do turtles live so long? By JoAnna Wendel 15 August 2021 Turtles are famous for their long lives. How do they achieve this longevity?
Chimps use 'hi' and 'bye' greetings, just like humans By Laura Geggel 14 August 2021 Humans aren't the only species that show "hello" and "goodbye" behaviors.
49 million-year-old beetle looks like it was squashed yesterday By Mindy Weisberger 14 August 2021 Meet "Attenborough's Beauty," an ancient beetle that was so exceptionally well-preserved you can still see the colorful patterns on its wing case.
Invasive 'murder hornets' are officially back in the US By Jeanna Bryner 13 August 2021 An invasive and destructive "murder hornet" has been spotted in Washington state for the first time this year, and the alien-looking insect was behaving accordingly — attacking a hive of paper wasps.
Woolly mammoth's epic 50,000-mile journey retraced By Mindy Weisberger 12 August 2021 An adult mammoth's preserved tusk revealed how far the animal ranged across Alaska during its 28-year lifetime.
Mysterious blood-red jellyfish may be rare species unknown to science, researchers say By Brandon Specktor 12 August 2021 NOAA researchers spotted a mysterious, blood-red jellyfish deep off the New England coast. It may be a new species unknown to science.
Giant huntsman spider: The world's largest spider by leg span By Jessie Szalay 12 August 2021 Huntsman spiders are long-legged predators that hunt down their prey. One species of huntsman spider has a leg span that's as big as a dinner plate.
Shape-shifting fish that confounded scientists for 100 years spotted off California coast By Ben Turner 12 August 2021 The metamorphoses the creature undergoes are so dramatic, it took scientists a century to figure out its different forms belonged to the same zoological family.
Sperm whales: The biggest toothed predator By Patrick Pester 11 August 2021 Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales, with enormous square-shaped heads and the biggest brains of any animal on Earth.
Translucent jellyfish, with fish trapped inside it, washes up on UK beach By Harry Baker 11 August 2021 A beach walker in the U.K. recently stumbled across a dead compass jellyfish with a juvenile fish trapped inside its bell.
Thumb-size bat makes record-breaking flight, gets killed by a house cat By Harry Baker 10 August 2021 A record-breaking female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat traveled more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia, where it was recently killed by a local cat.
Frozen mummy of extinct cave lion is 'best-preserved ice age animal ever found,' researchers say By Brandon Specktor 10 August 2021 Researchers have analyzed the mummified bodies of two extinct Ice Age lion cubs in unprecedented detail.
'Real-life dragon' in Cretaceous Australia was huge, toothy and a 'savage' hunter By Mindy Weisberger 10 August 2021 A pterosaur "dragon" that lived in Australia during the Cretaceous was the continent's biggest flying reptile, according to a new analysis of a fossil jawbone.
Fish with 'human teeth' caught in North Carolina By Brandon Specktor 06 August 2021 Meet the sheepshead fish, a common Atlantic coast swimmer with a very crunchy diet.
Stranded minke whale stinks so bad it's like 'death in a dumpster' By Stephanie Pappas 06 August 2021 A dead minke whale that washed ashore in a Massachusetts town smells so horrible that authorities plan to cart it to a landfill.
Tardigrades probably see in black and white By Mindy Weisberger 06 August 2021 Water bears may lack the proteins necessary for color vision.
Melting sea ice could wipe out 98% of emperor penguins by the end of the century By Harry Baker 06 August 2021 A new study has predicted that emperor penguins could become functionally extinct by the end of the century due to melting sea ice.
(VIDEO) Watch squirrels perform parkour-like stunts for peanuts By Nicoletta Lanese 05 August 2021 If only our robots were as agile as squirrels.
