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October 21, 2015

Anti-whaling activists ordered to keep 500 yards from Japanese vessels off Antarctica

A U.S. appeals court ordered American anti-whaling activists to keep 500 yards away from Japanese whaling ships off Antarctica.

October 21, 2015

M&M-loving bees make blue and green honey

Hives of candy-crazy bees in France are reportedly producing honey colored blue and green.

October 21, 2015

Bubbles from glacier ice turn up the noise in Alaska fjords

Glaciologist Erin Pettit began a research project to find out what humpback whales heard when a big piece of ice falls from a glacier and crashes into the ocean. But the sound generated by ice d...

October 21, 2015

Boris the polar bear eating soft foods after getting 3 teeth pulled at Washington state zoo

Boris the 29-year-old polar bear is eating only soft foods for a while after having surgery to remove three broken or decayed teeth at a Washington state zoo.

October 21, 2015

Carnivore comeback: Bears and wolves are thriving in Europe

Despite having half the land area of the contiguous United States and double the population density, Europe is home to twice as many wolves as the U.S

October 21, 2015

World's largest flying bird was like nothing alive today

The largest flying bird known to ever have lived has now been revealed, an extinct giant with a wingspan more than twice the size of the largest living flying bird, researchers say

October 21, 2015

Squatter beetles eat snails and steal shells

The awkward stage of adolescence drives some insects to murderous home invasion

October 21, 2015

'Mystery monster' devours great white shark

What wolfs down a 9-foot great white shark like a steak dinner?

October 21, 2015

World's fastest land animal is incredibly tiny

Watch your back, Usain Bolt: A California physics major has found that a tiny mite is (sort of) the fastest land animal on Earth, keeping a pace equivalent to that of a human running 1,300 miles per hour, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

October 21, 2015

Tiny land-dwelling carnivore evolved into huge vegetarians

The earliest ancestor of land-dwelling plant eaters has been found, a new study reports, and there's a surprising fact about the beastie: it was a meat lover.