May 2, 2016 Watch this adorable video of a gorilla cuddling kittens It’s a video that could warm even the coldest of hearts - Koko the gorilla, famous for her knowledge of sign language, stroking and cuddling a pair of adorable kittens.
May 2, 2016 Rat brain reconstructed in a computer Scientists have digitally recreated a slice of a juvenile rat's brain — including 31,000 brain cells, of 207 different types, with 37 million connections
May 2, 2016 This pig-nosed rat with vampire teeth will haunt your dreams It has a nose like a cute little piglet's, ears that only a mother could love and teeth that would make Dracula run in fear: This odd-looking rodent captured researchers' attention when they discovered it back in 2013, but now they've described it as a new species
May 2, 2016 ‘Ant island’ floats on South Carolina floodwaters A FOX Carolina reporter witnessed an unusual sight while covering flood conditions in Greenville County, S.C. Sunday – an island of ants floating on the surface of the water.
May 2, 2016 Rare ‘sofa shark’ stuns scientists Marine biologists landed an unusual catch off the coast of Scotland recently – a so-called ‘sofa shark’ or false catshark.
May 2, 2016 Elusive sea creature with hairy, slimy shell spotted after 31 years An elusive sea creature that boasts a vibrant golden shell covered in thick, slimy hair was recently spotted for the first time in 31 years, researchers say
May 2, 2016 What the animal world would look like if humans never existed If humans never existed, lions, saber–tooth tigers, 330–pound beavers and house-sized armadillos would be walking around Texas right now. A new study from researchers at Aarhus University demonstrates what the world would look like for mammals if the most destructive super predator of them all — Homo sapiens — had never been around.
May 2, 2016 Baby panda twin dies at National Zoo One of giant panda Mei Xiang's twin cubs died Aug. 26, just five days after its birth, the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., reported.
May 2, 2016 'Panda swap' keeps newborn twins in mom's care Zookeepers are playing a complicated game of "baby swap" with two new pink and fuzzy panda twins at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C
May 2, 2016 How ‘vampire’ spiders could help in the fight against malaria A study conducted by researchers at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has highlighted a pair of unlikely recruits in the battle against human malaria – two species of spider.
