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November 11, 2016

Rats get excited, 'giggle' when tickled

Freudensprungen! That, as the New York Times explains, happens to be the scientific term for jumping for joy, and a new study reveals that rats are among the animals that partake.

November 11, 2016

World's tallest tropical tree is taller than the Statue of Liberty

It's stands almost 309 feet high.

November 10, 2016

Puffins are starving to death in incredible numbers

Dead puffins are washing up on the shores of an island in the Bering Sea at an alarming rate, National Geographic reports.

November 10, 2016

Record-breaking bats can fly as fast as 99 mph, study says

Brazilian free-tailed bats don’t need a Batplane.

November 8, 2016

Hunter impaled by antler of elk he just killed

A hunter in Oregon was impaled by an elk had had just killed after his ATV crashed over the weekend, sending him backward into the animal’s antlers, KATU reported.

November 8, 2016

How one man fought off a great white shark

Joe Tanner was paddling on his surfboard off the Oregon coast, waiting to catch a wave, when he felt something grab his leg

November 7, 2016

Could 'an ark in a freezer' bring back lost animals?

Inside the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research a few miles outside the city, in an unassuming building that smells like cleaning supplies, is the Frozen Zoo.

November 4, 2016

Ancient 400-pound salmon fought with dagger-like teeth

The giant, spike-toothed salmon measured as long as 9 feet.

November 3, 2016

Lost alpaca looking for its owner in Colorado

This is the story of the little lost alpaca.

November 3, 2016

Ancient cave lion cubs found crushed and frozen in Russia

For more than 30,000 years, northern Russia's cold permafrost has preserved the small bodies of two furry and wide-pawed cave lion cubs, one of them in almost pristine condition, a new study found