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Watch rare footage of a shapeshifting eel with 'remarkably full tummy' swimming in the deep sea
By Harry Baker published
The slender "gulper eel" can unhinge its jaw and expand its throat, enabling it to eat squid-sized prey in a single gulp.
See the moment a 28-year-old lab chimp glimpses the open sky for the 1st time
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A heartwarming video shows a 28-year-old captive chimpanzee finally seeing the sky.
94 million-year-old fossilized sea monster is the oldest of its kind in North America
By Kiley Price published
A team of researchers uncovered a tiny mosasaur fossil in the gray shale rocks of southern Utah — a discovery that could teach us more about this ancient sea beast's evolutionary history.
Meg 2: The Trench – Everything know about the giant shark and its return to the silver screen
By Fran Ruiz published
This summer, Jason Statham is back to kick another megalodon in the face in Meg 2: The Trench. Here’s everything we know about the movie, and some fun facts about megalodon itself too.
Never-before-seen 'missing link' dinosaur walks, drinks and socializes in stunning new animation
By Harry Baker published
The newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur, Gonkoken nanoi, likely grew to around 13 feet long and weighed up to 1 ton, new analysis reveals.
Adult albatrosses found gnawed to death by mice on 3rd remote island
By Ethan Freedman published
Mice had previously been seen attacking seabird chicks — but in April researchers found eight dead adults. And this new development is concerning conservationists.
Where do honey bees come from? New study 'turns the standard picture on its head'
By Carissa Wong published
DNA analysis indicates the world's most common bee originated in northern Europe around 780,000 years ago, before spreading into East Africa and Arabia around 120,000 years later.
White Gladis the orca may have been pregnant when she started attacking boats
By Sascha Pare published
White Gladis was so hellbent on stopping boats in the Strait of Gibraltar that she engaged in attacks instead of protecting her newborn calf.
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