October 20, 2015 Jumbo squid attack submarine It is like a scene from an old wives' tale about the giant, tentacled kraken dragging shipping vessels to their doom — two Humboldt squid, flashing an angry red, attack a Dual Deep Worker submersible containing two Greenpeace USA divers on an expedition in the Bering Sea. In a Vine video shot by one of the divers, the two large cephalopods, also commonly referred to as “jumbo squid” or “red devils,” rush at the submersible while spewing vision-obscuring clouds of ink.
October 20, 2015 Often pesky beavers put to work restoring streams In a heavily irrigated Washington valley where fish, crops and people often compete for water, biologists are turning to one of nature's best engineers to help restore streams and salmon habitat.
October 20, 2015 Shark attack: Great white attacks fellow shark When Adam Malski, 33, first set out on a shark-diving expedition near the Neptune Islands, 50 miles at sea off the South Australian coast, he did not expect to witness an epic shark-on-shark duel. While riding on the back of the boat, he captured footage of a large great white shark attacking a significantly smaller white shark.
October 20, 2015 Invasion of voracious bullfrogs spreads in Montana An invasion of American bullfrogs that will eat just about anything — including each other — is spreading downstream along Montana's Yellowstone River and poses a potential threat...
October 20, 2015 Did 'deadly' spider eggs really hitch a ride on imported bananas? It's enough to make you do a double take the next time you unpack your groceries! A recent British news report claimed that imported bananas could play host to a certain species of venomous spiders
October 20, 2015 6th mass extinction? Humans kill species faster than they're created Humans are killing off species thousands of times faster than nature creates them, new research finds
October 20, 2015 Triplets! Giant panda gives birth to 'rare' trio in China A zoo in southern China celebrated the birth of the world's first known surviving panda triplets, a rare event for the endangered, bamboo-loving bears
October 20, 2015 Teen whale shark hangout discovered in Red Sea Though whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the ocean, they have remained quite mysterious to scientists.
October 20, 2015 Meerkats kill their children in order to survive, new study shows They might look cute but don’t be deceived by their furry, little faces, these are cold-blooded killers.
October 20, 2015 Study: Monarch butterflies may use magnetic compass for autumn migrations to central Mexico A new study suggests that monarch butterflies use an internal magnetic compass to help navigate on their annual migrations from North America to central Mexico.