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January 12, 2017

Real-life Spider-Man coming soon: Artificial spider web can be grown in labs

Researchers in Sweden have developed a technique for growing large quantities of artificial spider silk in labs using bacteria. Now we just need Spider-Man-style web shooters to go along with it!

January 11, 2017

Scientists claim new gibbon species, name it Skywalker

Researchers in China claim they have identified a new species of gibbon in the remote forests along its border with Burma — and have named it after Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.

January 11, 2017

Cows as big as elephants may soon roam Europe

Standing nearly as tall as an elephant, the auroch grazed for 250,000 years until its extinction in 1627.

January 10, 2017

Researchers discover 2 new disease-carrying mosquitoes in Florida

Two more tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes have been found on the U.S. mainland for the first time, caught in traps near Florida's Everglades.

January 10, 2017

Cat–astrophe! Feral cats have invaded nearly 100% of Australia

The cat's out of the bag — and all over Australia.

January 8, 2017

32-year-old gorilla has died at Cleveland zoo

One of the Cleveland's zoo's two male western lowland gorillas died on Friday, zoo officials said.

January 6, 2017

Where's 'Granny'? Oldest Orca is missing, and the worst is feared

A killer whale thought to be over 100 years old and known affectionately as "Granny" has not been sighted in several months and is thought to be deceased.

January 5, 2017

Ancient fossil sheds light on elusive 'ghost shark'

The chimaera, or so-called "ghost shark," is an elusive deep-water fish that has fascinated biologists for more than a century.

January 5, 2017

Bathroom surprise: Anaconda found in Virginia toilet

You’ve heard of snakes on a plane, but a snake in a toilet is the real-life stuff of nightmares.

January 4, 2017

Rabid bobcat attacks wildlife officer

A video shows a rabid bobcat attacking a wildlife officer on the back patio of a Florida home.