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Employees at a wildlife center are wearing a fox mask to help feed a baby fox — and folks are pointing out that it looks like a fursuit.

Wildlife Center Employee Dresses as Big Fox to Care for Baby Foxes

By Noor Al-Sibai

This so-called nematode trapping fungus is a crafty, efficient killer that will quickly switch from prey to predator once it senses a worm.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Carnivorous Fungus That Devours Worms

By Frank Landymore

The gigantic "Chonkasaurus" snapping turtle, which captured hearts online, has once again been spotted on the Chicago River.

Science & Energy

Hallelujah! The Mighty “Chonkasaurus” Turtle Has Been Spotted Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that stranded dolphins may be tragically suffering from Alzheimer's disease — a possible boon to the "sick leader" theory.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Have an Extremely Grim Theory About Stranded Dolphins

By Frank Landymore

Your eyes do not deceive you. These dancing, fuzzy bugs are real, and, yes, they're shaking their rear ends in unison to keep you way.

Science & Energy

These Dancing Bugs Are Straight Out of a Miyazaki Film

By Frank Landymore

Stay out of the water, because Fukui city officials warn of an aggressive dolphin that's attacked and injured at least six people so far.

Science & Energy

Furious Dolphin Bites At Least Six Beachgoers in Japan

By Frank Landymore

Citizens living in the southwestern Japanese city of Yamaguchi have found themselves besieged by violent gangs of macaque monkeys.

Science & Energy

Japanese City Terrorized By Furious Baby-Snatching Monkeys

By Frank Landymore

Upon arriving at harbors in Norway, this Freya the Walrus has chosen chaos: in her endless pursuit of sunny naps, she's has been sinking tiny Nordic boats.

Science & Energy

Chaotic Walrus Keeps Climbing on Small Boats and Sinking Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bald and golden eagles in the US are facing a new existential threat: lead poisoning caused by bullet fragments left behind by hunters.

Science & Energy

Eagles Have Chronic Lead Poisoning Because America Is So Full of Bullets, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

The extreme heat in Oregon and California is so bad that baby birds are trying to escape and plumetting from their nests before they can fly.

Baby Birds Are Leaping From Their Nests and Dying Because of Extreme Heat

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are monitoring various species of wildlife to track whether the coronavirus can jump among different kinds of animals.

Scientists Systematically Hunting for COVID-19 in Wild Animals

By Dan Robitzski

In the latest perplexing turn of events, state officials say the a mysterious monolith has vanished from the Utah desert.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Mysterious Metal “Monolith” in Utah Wilderness

By Victor Tangermann

Tourists are ignoring safety measures when going to see endangered gorillas, spreading deadly diseases and putting the animals in greater danger.

Endangered Gorilla Community Ravaged by Exotic Man-Borne Disease

By Dan Robitzski

The day after the feral hogs meme was born, these researchers published a study about the very real problem the animals pose for farmers.

Science & Energy

Assault Rifles Won’t Solve Your Feral Hog Problem, Say Scientists

By Kristin Houser

NASA has a major wild hog problem at its Kennedy Space Center, with upwards of 12,000 of the animals terrorizing the campus.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Is Infested With Feral Hogs. Really.

By Kristin Houser

French spacetech startup Kinéis says it will vastly expand the reach of the satellites that track livestock and wildlife animals.

How a Tiny Satellite Fleet Will Track Millions of Animals

By Jon Christian

As It Turns Out, Environmentally ‘Protected’ Lands Really Aren’t

As It Turns Out, Environmentally ‘Protected’ Lands Really Aren’t

By Dan Robitzski

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Science & Energy

To Combat Wildlife Trafficking, Tech Companies Take a Stand

By Chelsea Gohd

Why Are British Beaches Littered With Dying Marine Life? 3 Things You Need to Know.

Why Are British Beaches Littered With Dying Marine Life? 3 Things You Need to Know.

By Chelsea Gohd

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Science & Energy

Even if We Save the Honeybee, Other Wild Pollinator Species Will Still Be in Trouble

Researchers Say New Species Are Evolving at an Unbelievable Rate

Science & Energy

Researchers Say New Species Are Evolving at an Unbelievable Rate

By Chelsea Gohd

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Scientists Have Completed the First-Ever “Atlas of Life”

The Senate Just Repealed a Ban on Aggressive Hunting on Wildlife Refuges

Science & Energy

The Senate Just Repealed a Ban on Aggressive Hunting on Wildlife Refuges

By Patrick Caughill

3D-Printed Replacement Horns Might Save Rhinos from Extinction

3D-Printed Replacement Horns Might Save Rhinos from Extinction