Record-breaking python caught in Florida
10-10-2020 |
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This gargantuan snake is one of many to have been caught by bounty hunters in the Florida Everglades.
Virginia invaded by venomous hairy caterpillars
10-9-2020 | 9
Authorities have warned residents to steer clear of the pests which have shown up in the east of the state.
Amazon rainforest could turn into grasslands
10-5-2020 | 7
Scientists have warned that the Amazon is at a crucial tipping point that could see it turn into savannah.
Crows may be self-aware, new study claims
10-3-2020 | 15
Researchers believe that crows may be one of the few non-human species to possess a form of self-awareness.
Scientists solve mass elephant deaths mystery
9-24-2020 | 9
Hundreds of elephants have been mysteriously dying in Botswana and scientists have finally figured out why.
Australian tree stings with spider-like toxins
9-18-2020 | 2
Scientists have been studying what gives the rather unusual 'gympie gympie' tree such an excruciating sting.
Mystery as lone python suddenly lays eggs
9-12-2020 | 41
An elderly female snake that hasn't been near a male in 15 years has inexplicably laid a clutch of eggs.
Gargantuan crocodile captured in Australia
8-31-2020 | 5
A saltwater crocodile weighing in at over 770lbs has been caught in a river at an Australian tourist hotspot.
Gigantic snapping turtles caught in Florida
8-30-2020 | 11
Wildlife researchers discovered three huge turtles - which belong to a new species - near Gainesville.
Giant 'Darth Vader' isopod found in Indonesia
8-20-2020 | 6
Researchers in Indonesia have discovered a new species of giant isopod - a bug-like creature the size of a small dog.
Scientists discover key to huge locust swarms
VIDEO 8-15-2020 | 7
By identifying the chemical signal that triggers swarms to form, it may be possible to stop swarming entirely.
Ingested beetle escapes out of frog's posterior
VIDEO 8-6-2020 | 4
A bizarre experiment has demonstrated how one aquatic beetle can survive being swallowed up by a frog.
Viral image shows fish with human-like teeth
7-19-2020 | 8
A photograph of a very strange looking fish with lips and teeth like those of a human has gone viral online.
Beetle is fitted with a tiny camera backpack
VIDEO 7-16-2020 | 2
Scientists have come up with a miniature camera that is so small it can be attached to the back of an insect.
'Alien-like' life form discovered on sea floor
7-12-2020 | 5
Scientists have photographed a very peculiar life form in a region referred to as the 'Forest of the Weird'.
Bizarre 'xenophyophores' found in the abyss
7-10-2020 | 2
Scientists have discovered a number of exotic new life forms in the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean.
Penguins can fire their own droppings over 4ft
7-8-2020 | 18
If there's one place you don't want to stand, it's within around 4ft of the back of a Humboldt penguin.
Huge bird catches 'shark' in new viral video
VIDEO 7-4-2020 | 10
The spectacle of a bird catching an enormous fish has been captured on film at South Carolina's Myrtle Beach.
This photo of a 'human-sized' bat is actually real
7-3-2020 | 12
A photograph of an enormous bat hanging upside-down from a ceiling has been doing the rounds online recently.
Record-breaking 700km lightning bolt recorded
6-29-2020 | 8
A single bolt of lightning was able to span a distance equivalent to that between Boston and Washington DC.
