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It rained sharks in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, last month after a small hammerhead shark fell from the sky and interrupted a local disc golf game.

A three-foot-long Antarctic gonate squid was spotted swimming 7,000 feet below the surface of the Southern Ocean ...

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A mysterious Antarctic squid was found alive for the first time in December. Footage of the unprecedented encounter has now been released.

That wince-inducing crunch under your car tires − or worse, under your shoes − is coming soon. Mayflies, the early summer ...

When a crocodile threatens their lives, a jacana dad steps up and becomes the hero, carrying his young chicks to safety under his wings.

A bird that would be a common sight in Florida has been spotted in Colorado by birders near Boulder, but wildlife officials ...

The highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus is the genie in the bottle of CAFOs (concentrated animal feed operations) around the world. And now, it has been released and ...

Are you ready to get to know your animals? Here are 57 African animals with horns - 12 of which we'll highlight in detail.

Just in time for tourist season, billions of brine flies are hatching at the Great Salt Lake. Although they've got a bad reputation among humans, ...

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely ...