Stilt-walking and half-amputated ants helped scientists solve the mystery of how the insects return straight home, even after extremely twisty trips.

Fifteen lions went on a deadly search-and-rescue mission after militiamen stole three cubs, if news reports are to be believed. Some wildlife experts aren't so sure.

Superstrength, superspeed, and other seemingly Kryptonian powers aren't just for the Man of Steel, as our photos of "supermanimals" make superclear.

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Ships operating along the U.S. East Coast would be required to slow down to avoid striking right whales, a federal agency recently announced.

A newly discovered snake species from Indonesia can switch from brown to white in a matter of minutes, WWF researchers recently announced.

Squeezed into a six-figure shark costume, explorer Fabien Cousteau—Jacques's grandson—dove among great whites for the new TV special Shark: Mind of a Demon.

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Freeze-dried whiskers, skin, and bones provide the first hard evidence for a warming period in the South Pole between 2,300 and 1,100 years ago.

Too small to eat—or at least too much trouble—mouse lemurs have eluded hunting pressure on the African island.

Dozens of the endangered birds are washing up too starved and weak to care for themselves, and their own strong population recovery may be the culprit, experts say.

Just like Superman, these creatures are "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound."

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Nearly twice as many wild giant pandas may be living in China than previously estimated, according to a DNA study of panda poop.

An agile Chinese orchid performs a floral version of sexual intercourse—with itself.

The International Whaling Commission has unanimously endorsed evidence that marine mammals might be put at risk by loud undersea airgun bursts.

More cheetahs are dying or getting injured during high-speed hunts in southern Africa's increasingly dense grasslands, conservationists say.

A majority of countries at the International Whaling Commission meeting—though not the required three-quarters—voted to legalize commercial whaling.