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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

July 11, 2016

99-million-year-old spider mummy sported horned fangs

About 99 million years ago, two bizarre spiders — each sporting hard, armored plates on their bodies and horns on their fangs — became mummified in sticky tree resin that turned into amber

July 11, 2016

Covered in ash: Chinstrap penguins threatened by volcanic eruption

A volcano on the northernmost island of an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean has been spewing ash and smoke since March, threatening one of the largest colonies of penguins in the world, according to a new study.

July 8, 2016

Armor up! Water fleas grow helmets and spines for battle

Water fleas prepare for battle by growing armor that's customized to specific enemies, new research finds.

July 6, 2016

2 mountain lion litters found in California mountains

The National Park Service has released photos and video of two litters of mountain lion kittens in the Santa Susana Mountains north of Los Angeles.