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MKUltra: CIA once tried to use mind-controlled animals as assassins
6-15-2025 |
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Secretive experiments conducted in the 1960s used electrodes to mind control animals for nefarious purposes.
Why do scientists give animals such long, unpronounceable names ?
6-7-2025 | 3
How is it that a bottlenose dolphin, for example, is officially referred to as 'Tursiops truncatus' ?
Why have carnivorous plants never grown big enough to eat humans ?
6-7-2025 | 10
Some plants have evolved the ability to trap and consume small animals, but their size has always been very limited.
Firm announces plan to create world's first Tyrannosaurus rex leather
4-27-2025 | 8
In an unexpected twist on efforts to 'de-extinct' prehistoric animals, one firm is seeking to create a unique new type of material.
First physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild animals found
4-24-2025 | 10
Gladiatorial combat often saw participants pitted against wild beasts as well as human combatants.
Mysterious 'burning river' in Peru is so hot that it boils animals alive
VIDEO 1-31-2025 | 0
The unique thermal river - known as Shanay-timpishka - can be found in the Amazon rainforest in Peru.
Judge rules in case of Colorado zoo elephants 'being held prisoner'
1-26-2025 | 4
A rather unusual court case has recently raised questions about whether or not animals have the same rights as people.
Release of two lynx in Scotland shows big cat phenomenon is alive and well
1-9-2025 | 12
Stories of large or exotic cats in the British Isles are backed by genuine cases of such animals ending up in the wild.
'Killer squirrels' observed hunting down and eating other animals
12-18-2024 | 8
Researchers in California were shocked to observe the animals actively hunting down and eating live prey.
Goats and dogs are able to predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
12-5-2024 | 7
A new study aims to observe the behaviors of goats, dogs and other animals in an effort to predict natural disasters.
Animals probably get drunk all the time, scientists claim
VIDEO 11-1-2024 | 4
Animals are likely to get drunk on fermenting fruit much more often than previously thought.
Why are people superstitious about a black cat crossing their path ?
10-28-2024 | 2
Humans have long held superstitious beliefs concerning animals that are pure black or pure white in color.
Mystery surrounds discovery of 25 dead cows in Western Australia
8-21-2024 | 7
The animals were found unexpectedly by a woman who happened to be driving past their paddock on Tuesday.
Chester Zoo celebrates birth of extremely rare and endangered animal
8-5-2024 | 1
The zoo, situated in England, has hailed the birth of one of the rarest animals on Earth.
Animals are able to self-medicate and have been doing so for millennia
5-26-2024 | 6
An injured orangutan was recently observed chewing a medicinal leaf and applying it to his wound.
Why do animals have three eyelids when humans only have two ?
5-18-2024 | 1
If you've ever looked closely when your dog or cat blinks, you may have noticed that it has a third eyelid.
Filmmaker claims that Bigfoot may feast on the blood of wild animals
VIDEO 4-26-2024 | 42
Bigfoot researcher and filmmaker Kelley Lockman has a theory concerning the discoveries of carcasses drained of blood.
Man guilty of using cloned animal parts to create giant 'franken-sheep'
3-14-2024 | 11
The 80-year-old had been attempting to create enormous hybrid animals for hunters to shoot on his property.
New scans reveal what lies inside gruesome 'Fiji Mermaid'
VIDEO 10-26-2023 | 15
An infamous 'creature' made from an amalgamation of other animals has been subjected to X-ray and CT scans.
Unicorns in Africa - the mystery of one-horned animals in rock art
6-27-2023 | 5
Postdoctoral researcher David M. Witelson takes a look at the significance of one-horned animals in southern African rock art.
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