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October 21, 2015

18-foot-long oarfish found off California coast

A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish.

October 21, 2015

Bizarre sighting: Toad swallows a bat whole

What's the matter, bat got your tongue? A park ranger in northwest Peru got a surprise when he encountered a toad with something in its mouth.

October 21, 2015

9 endangered venomous vipers born at St. Louis Zoo

Nine venomous baby ocellate mountain vipers were born at the St. Louis Zoo this August. The orange-brownish spotted snakes were thought to be extinct for 140 years only to be rediscovered in 1983.

October 21, 2015

Second, stillborn cub born to National Zoo panda

A panda at Washington's National Zoo that has been tending to her squealing newborn cub also gave birth to a stillborn cub Saturday that wasn't fully formed and was never alive outside the womb, a zoo official said.

October 21, 2015

'Dragon' corpse washes ashore in Spain

Dragon, Loch Ness Monster or really strange fish? Photos of a mystery creature washed ashore on the beaches of Andalusia in Spain have beach goers crying mutant fish.

October 21, 2015

Global warming threatens baby seals

As ice levels in the North Atlantic have declined, increasing numbers of seals are ending up stranded along the U.S. East Coast, as far south as the Carolinas, far from where they should be.

October 21, 2015

American dogs come from Asia

European colonization of the Americas brought smallpox, starvation and warfare that decimated indigenous populations -- and dogs.

October 21, 2015

Lost world locked in stone at Fossil Lake

Over thousands of years, dead animals rained down into the muck deep below the surface of long-gone Fossil Lake.

October 21, 2015

Too much deer pee changing northern forests

The booming deer population in the northern United States is bad for the animal's beloved hemlocks, a new study finds.

October 21, 2015

7-foot alligator removed from Ohio basement

Authorities say animal cruelty charges may be filed against a man who was keeping a 7-foot alligator in his basement in suburban Dayton.