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October 20, 2015

US crushes its stockpile of elephant ivory

Six tons of carvings, jewelry, trinkets and tusks were reduced to powder Thursday afternoon.

October 20, 2015

Fossil captures ancient insects having sex

About 165 million years ago Bam! froghoppers' mating session was interrupted by a volcanic eruption

October 20, 2015

Wave of jellyfish shuts down Swedish nuke reactor

It wasn't a tsunami but it had the same effect: A huge cluster of jellyfish forced one of the world's largest nuclear reactors to shut down -- a phenomenon that marine biologists say could become more common.

October 20, 2015

Virus likely causing mass dolphin die-off, NOAA says

Federal officials identified a virus Tuesday as the likely reason hundreds of bottlenose dolphins died along the East Coast, but they say there's little they can do to stop the deaths.

October 20, 2015

Search is on for 'world's loneliest whale' never seen, only heard

Next fall, a team of documentary filmmakers and scientists will head out into the North Pacific in search of a whale.

October 20, 2015

Lionfish found at sunken ship 300 feet below water's surface wreaking havoc

The relentless scourge of lionfish has crept to unexpected depths: Off the coast of Florida, researchers say they found the venomous invader thriving around a sunken ship at 300 feet below the water's surface.

October 20, 2015

Scientists decode world's oldest DNA from 700,000-year-old horse

The research gives a better insight into the evolution of one of the most studied mammals.

October 20, 2015

Fungus among us? Mold fears for space station cargo ship

The robotic European cargo ship Albert Einstein was opened Tuesday morning at the International Space Station -- a day late because of concerns that mold may have grown inside the vehicle, NASA officials said.

October 20, 2015

How tiny, transparent lobsters get around

These teeny-tiny infant lobsters may be small, but their commercial value is anything but.

October 20, 2015

Real-life 'Lizard King' named for Doors' Jim Morrison

A lizard the size of a German shepherd once roamed Myanmar, a new fossil analysis reveals.