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'World's rarest' giraffe born without spots at Tennessee zoo
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A zoo in Tennessee celebrated the birth of a rare spotless giraffe, but its lack of patches could harm its chances of survival.
'Polar bear capital of the world' soon to be overrun with record number of bears due to shifting sea ice
By Harry Baker published
The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way.
Ancient human-size sea lizard rewrites history of early armored marine reptiles
By Harry Baker published
The newly discovered species, Prosaurosphargis yingzishanensis, grew to around 5 feet long and was covered in bony scales called osteoderms.
Watch a see-through squid with demon-like eyes swim in Alaska's deep waters
By Harry Baker published
The see-through cephalopod was spotted by researchers exploring the deep sea surrounding Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Lolita, the 2nd-oldest orca in captivity, who was set to be released to the wild, has died
By Harry Baker last updated
Lolita, also known as Tokitae, died before she could be returned to her native waters in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the difference between a pet cat and a wildcat?
By Jonathan Losos published
Here's how cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago.
7 rules that explain Earth's most extreme animal shapes and sizes
By Patrick Pester published
Nature has a few rules to help explain the extreme shapes and sizes we see in the animal kingdom.
West Indian Ocean coelacanth: The once-'extinct' Lazarus fish that can live for 100 years
By Megan Shersby published
Believed to have gone extinct at the time of the dinosaurs, the coelacanth has one of the longest gestation periods on Earth — and it can hunt in a headstand.
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