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July 21, 2016

Lion at Texas zoo gives birth to cub with rare white fur

On Friday, when a lion at the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, Texas, gave birth to a cub, zoo officials got a surprise: the baby had white fur.

July 21, 2016

Watch two whales nearly hit a kayaker in dramatic video

Two humpback whales emerged out of the water right next to a kayaker in California on Sunday— and it was caught on camera.

July 20, 2016

Whales may grieve for their young as human parents do

Whales are known for their intelligence—and now they may become known for their emotions and parental instincts, too.

July 19, 2016

Bolivia park is a butterfly paradise

Scientists on an expedition in Bolivia have identified more than 1,000 varieties of butterflies living in Madidi National Park, a New Jersey-sized protected area considered to be the most biodiverse in the world.

July 19, 2016

Languishing in a Chinese mall, meet the 'world's saddest' polar bear

Grandview Aquarium, described as the ‘world’s saddest zoo,’ continues to draw attention as hundreds of thousands of activists petition its operator to release the animals and close up shop for good.

July 19, 2016

Cockroaches use their own internal GPS to get around

When navigating your kitchen, cockroaches likely don't need to stop for directions.

July 18, 2016

Southern California can't get rid of rotting 22-ton whale

Wally the dead whale has apparently been washing up on beaches in southern California a lot more reliably than the swallows now return to Capistrano.

July 18, 2016

Angry birds? Cities, not pigs, linked with avian aggression

Male song sparrows were more likely to be more aggressive than rural birds, a new study shows.

July 18, 2016

Drones could save endangered ferrets by dropping peanut butter-flavored vaccine pellets

Experts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are considering an ambitious plan to protect endangered ferrets by using drones to drop peanut-butter flavor vaccine pellets in a Montana Wildlife Refuge.

July 15, 2016

'Demon orchid' has a 'devil head' and claw-like petals

A new species of orchid is in a league of its own — not just because it's relatively rare, but also because scientists say it looks like the devil