Very rare blue lobster caught off Maine
Aug 27, 2014Teenager Meghan LaPlante discovered the crustacean while checking lobster traps at the weekend.
Coywolf species appears in North America
Aug 25, 2014A cross between coyotes and wolves has been taking over in some areas of the United States.
Billions of weird creatures invade US beaches
Aug 23, 2014Huge numbers of the organisms known as 'by-the-wind sailors' have been washing up on the West Coast.
Lizards may hold key to limb regeneration
Aug 22, 2014By understanding how lizards regrow tissue it may be possible to enable the same process in humans.
Cities are causing spiders to grow bigger
Aug 21, 2014A new study has shown that urban areas are causing spiders to grow larger and multiply more rapidly.
Magpie shiny objects obsession debunked
Aug 17, 2014Scientists have discovered that Magpies have no interest whatsoever in stealing shiny objects.
Warning issued after dolphin attacks swimmer
Aug 12, 2014Not all dolphins adhere to the species' friendly reputation as one man found out last month in Ireland.
Undersea mountain is teeming with life
Aug 6, 2014Researchers have been exploring the depths of the Hebrides Terrace Seamount off Scotland's west coast.
Trees save 850 human lives every year
Jul 27, 2014The world's trees are thought to play an important role in preventing acute respiratory symptoms.
New giant insect discovered in China
Jul 26, 2014Scientists have identified what is believed to be the largest aquatic insect found anywhere in the world.
Millions of mayflies descend on Wisconsin
VIDEO Jul 23, 2014The air was teeming with the insects following a mass hatching from the nearby Mississippi River.
Elephants have world's best sense of smell
Jul 23, 2014African elephants have more genes dedicated to smell than anything else in the animal kingdom.
Why can't apes learn to speak like a human ?
Jul 20, 2014Is it possible for apes to speak English like in the new 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' movie ?
Electric life forms live on pure energy
VIDEO Jul 20, 2014Scientists have identified extraordinary types of bacteria that literally live and breath electrons.
Huge school of anchovies filmed in California
VIDEO Jul 10, 2014The ocean turned a shade of black as up to 100 million fish swarmed the coastline off La Jolla.
Researchers create chimpanzee dictionary
Jul 6, 2014Sign language gestures used by our primate cousins have been documented in full for the first time.
New elephant shrew discovered in Namibia
Jun 28, 2014Scientists have identified a new species of shrew which possesses a trunk like that of an elephant.
Mystery 'mima' mounds created by plants ?
Jun 26, 2014Scientists believe that plants, not animals, are responsible for the strange vegetation-topped mounds.
Grass falls from sky over Gloucestershire
Jun 25, 2014Locals were left baffled when large clumps of grass and hay started to descend from the heavens.
Fish-eating spiders are commonplace
Jun 22, 2014Spiders that are capable of catching and killing fish are far more common than previously believed.
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