The seaborne mammals have sunk 3 boats and damaged 100 more over the past 18 months or so.
The gargantuan specimen - a Wels catfish - measured 2.85 meters (or 9.4ft) in length.
Known as Cassius, this gargantuan reptile was captured back in 1984 and has lived in a crocodile park ever since.
The distinctive seaborne mammal delighted passengers aboard a whale-watching vessel last month.
The footage shows the snoozing cephalopod jolting violently awake as though reacting to a bad dream.
Dr Justin Schmidt, who died back in February, spent years being stung and bitten by dozens of different insects.
Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University made the discovery at the Mai Po Nature Reserve.
The original inhabitants of Australia have much to teach modern scientists about the nature of this intriguing phenomenon.
If there's one thing you don't want while you are piloting a plane, it's a venomous snake making itself comfy inside your clothes.
For the first time, scientists have captured footage of a type of snake that can do cartwheels as an escape mechanism.
The surprising find pushes the boundaries of just how deep down in the ocean fish are capable of surviving.
A woman from the UK couldn't believe her eyes when she came across the peculiar disembodied appendage.
Researchers now believe that the extinction of the thylacine occurred much more recently than the 1930s.
One social media user was so stumped by the discovery that they decided to post the photo online to see if anyone could identify it.
Insect expert Michael Skvarla first came across the peculiar bug outside a shop in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2012.
A rare and fascinating species of jellyfish has been spotted during recent efforts to explore the seas of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Researchers have discovered that a species of cicada exhibits the first and only known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature.
It might sound like the plot of a movie, but these so-called 'super pigs' are very much the real deal.
Strange life forms have been found thriving in an environment that's totally inhospitable to almost everything else.
Meet Bobi - a 30-year-old Rafeiro do Alentejo who has been officially recognized as the oldest dog in the world.