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Adorable extinct penguin was one of the smallest of its kind to ever walk Earth, tiny skull fossils reveal
By Harry Baker published
The newfound extinct species is remarkably similar to the living "little penguin," which only weighs around 2 pounds.
Watch 2 giant, highly venomous black mambas fighting in someone's backyard
By Jacklin Kwan published
The 2 male black mambas, both over 8 feet (2.4 meters) long, were wrapped around each other and wrestling over a female during mating season.
Elephants' giant, hot testicles could stop them getting cancer
By Ethan Freedman published
Scientist claims elephants' cancer-preventing genes may have evolved to protect their sperm from the scorching hot habitats they live in.
'An enormous mass of flesh armed with teeth': How orcas gained their 'killer' reputation
By Hanne Strager published
From Pliny the Elder to the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, historians and naturalists have found many ways to describe these fascinating apex predators.
Zoo monkey eats her baby's corpse after carrying it around for days
By Harry Baker published
The mother repeatedly tried to catch the dead infant's gaze before throwing the corpse around her enclosure and eventually devouring it.
Great white sharks are moving north. New NatGeo SharkFest show explains why
By Hannah Osborne published
The great white shark population off in the North Atlantic plummeted during the 20th century — but the species is now making a major comeback, and recolonizing its former home.
How to watch SharkFest 2023: National Geographic's month of shark-centric programming is back
By Jennifer Allen published
Nat Geo's SharkFest 2023 is making its way to your virtual shores. Our SharkFest streaming guide is here to tell you how to watch it all.
'I knew it was circling me': Man attacked by shark was waiting to die, then dolphins saved his life
By Hannah Osborne published
NatGeo Sharkfest episode focuses on stories of whales and dolphins saving people from sharks. But are they really trying to protect us?
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