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October 21, 2015

Molasses spill suffocating Hawaiian fish

The spill that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor last week is suffocating the harbor's underwater inhabitants

October 21, 2015

850 snakes found at New York animal control officer's house

Authorities in New York say they've found hundreds of snakes including two 6-foot Burmese pythons at an animal control officer's house.

October 21, 2015

The evolution of sea monsters on medieval maps

The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book

October 21, 2015

125 million-year-old sneaky flea dined on flying reptiles

A 125-million-year-old fossil flea has been unearthed in China.

October 21, 2015

US Atlantic puffin population in peril as fish stocks shift, ocean waters heat up

The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world.

October 21, 2015

Cicadas emerge on East Coast by hundreds, billions more expected

Cicada nymphs have been starting to crawl out of the ground in droves across the East Coast, and the highly anticipated emergence of the 17-year-old insects has been ramping up in the Mid-Atlantic in recent days

October 21, 2015

Russia launches animals into space on one-month journey

An intrepid critter crew of geckos, mice and gerbils and other animals launched into orbit Friday to begin a month-long Russian experiment to study how space travel affects living creatures.

October 21, 2015

Conservations striving to keep Peter Cottontail's species off the endangered list

The New England cottontail was once so common that Massachusetts author Thornton Burgess adapted one named Peter for the children's stories he penned a century ago.

October 21, 2015

Double-headed shark fetus netted by fisherman

When a fisherman caught a bull shark recently off the Florida Keys, he came across an unlikely surprise: One of the shark's live fetuses had two heads.

October 20, 2015

Baby leopards come to San Diego zoo

Meet Riki-san and Haui-san, a cute and clumsy pair of clouded leopard cubs that made their debut this week at the San Diego Zoo.