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Rat poison is ripping through the food chain, threatening predators at the very top
Rat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves.
Pearlfish: The eel-like fish that lives up a sea cucumber's butt
This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber's sphincter for safety.
Why do only some animals have periods?
Humans are not the only organisms that have periods — some animals do too, but scientists still aren't sure why.
Cobras and their relatives evolved in Asia
Ancient origins of cobras traced back to Asia, before jumping continents to spread across the world up to 37.5 million years ago.
'Extremely unusual': Hottest ocean temperature in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef
The sea surface temperature around the Great Barrier Reef this year is the hottest it has ever been in 400 years, posing huge threats to the coral reef ecosystem in the area.
Great white sharks split into 3 populations 200,000 years ago and never mixed again — except for one hybrid found in the Bermuda Triangle
Scientists found three distinct great-white-shark populations that congregate in different oceans and do not interbreed. Their separation may have implications for conservation.
Siberian gold miners accidentally find ancient woolly rhino mummy with horn and soft tissues still intact
Mummified woolly rhino discovered by miners in Russia's Sakha Republic to be fully excavated in the coming months, as researchers begin studying its intact horn.
Sharks in an Italian aquarium keep having 'virgin birth' after years without males
Two endangered female sharks found to be reproducing asexually in the absence of males in what appears to be a vital survival mechanism amid declining male populations.
