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October 21, 2015

Dallas Zoo welcomes baby giraffe

The latest addition to the Dallas Zoo is a 6-foot tall baby giraffe. The as-yet unnamed 120-pound male calf was born Sunday to first-time mother Chrystal.

October 21, 2015

Surprise! Life discovered inside deep-sea rocks

Towering rocks at the bottom of the ocean hold a surprising secret: Life

October 21, 2015

Ancient squirrel-like creatures push back mammal evolution

Extinct squirrel-like creatures from China suggest the earliest mammals originated more than 200 million years ago, much earlier than often previously thought, researchers say

October 21, 2015

Unusual fish that 'walks' holds clues to animal evolution

An unusual species of fish that can walk and breathe air shows that these animals may be more capable of adapting to life on land than previously thought, researchers say.

October 21, 2015

Elusive European wildcats found hiding out on Mount Etna

A healthy population of European wildcats has been discovered living in the forest surrounding Mount Etna, an active volcano in Sicily, researchers say

October 21, 2015

Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air

Workers at a state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant's concentrated sun rays — "streamers," for the smoke plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair.

October 21, 2015

Flock of ancient 'butterfly-headed' flying reptiles discovered

An ancient flying reptile with a bizarre, butterflylike head has been unearthed in Brazil

October 21, 2015

Amazon's biggest fish faces threat of extinction

Measuring 10 feet long and weighing in at more than 400 pounds, it's hard to imagine that the arapaima, the largest fish in the Amazon River basin, could ever go missing.

October 21, 2015

Scientists ask bird oglers to help study puffins

Wanted: puffinologists. No experience necessary.

October 21, 2015

Blue whales roam dangerously close to shipping lanes

The feeding grounds of blue whales along the U.S. West Coast overlap dangerously with shipping lanes, placing the behemoths in danger of collisions with ships, researchers say.