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Mutant All-Black Penguin Found
An all-black king penguin—a very rare mutant—was spotted and filmed on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Video.
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News Blog: Endangered Frogs Chilled to Spur Breeding
In an effort to encourage breeding in a critically endangered amphibian, scientists have placed 24 mountain yellow-legged frogs into refrigerators.
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First Hint That Gorillas Eat Monkeys?
Mammal DNA has been found in gorilla feces—suggesting that maybe, just maybe, the big apes eat meat after all.
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Octopus Seen Mimicking Flounder
An Atlantic octopus can mimic the shape, color, and swimming style of a flounder, most likely to avoid predators, researchers say.
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Snake Caught Attacking Dinosaur—First Fossil Proof
Entombed at the point of attack, a fossil serpent and sauropod are the first solid proof that snakes once ate dinosaurs, a new study says.
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Pictures: Snake vs. Dinosaur in New Fossil Find
See the first proof that snakes ate dinosaurs—a first-ever fossil dinosaur-nest scene showing a serpent at the moment of attack.
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Sharks vs. Pig Carcass: Experiments Surprise Scientists
After dropping dead pigs into the sea and watching via Webcams, researchers were "very surprised" to see marine scavengers risk low-oxygen waters for a meal. Video.
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New Laser Zaps Mosquitoes in Slow-Motion Video
A new laser system can kill mosquitoes without harming other insects, as shown in slow-motion video. It's all part of the effort to combat malaria. Video.
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"Drunk" Bats Fly Right--Discovery Surprises Scientists
Some bat species can fly and communicate just as well while inebriated as while sober—even with blood alcohol levels that would exceed legal limits in humans.
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Vampire Squid Turns "Inside Out"
The vampire squid can turn itself "inside out" to avoid predators—as seen in a video just released to emphasize the need to protect deep-sea species from the effects of human activities. Video.
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Tentacled Snake Uses Odd Appendages to Sense Prey
Just as Spider-man has his spidey sense to warn him when danger's near, the bizarre tentacled snake has its own special system for sensing an approaching meal, a new study says.
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"Sex Puppeteers" Force Sex Change, Virgin Birth in Bugs via Genes
Fast-spreading parasites force sex changes on victims, induce virgin births, and turn animals into "gross monsters"—all via genetic sabotage, a new study finds.
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Pictures: Dinosaur "Death Pits" May Be Fossil Footprints
Following in a giant dinosaur's footsteps could be fatal—but not for the reasons you might suspect. A new study suggests that death traps filled with rare raptor fossils may have been created when a behemoth strolled across ashy mud.
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Dinosaur "Death Pits" Created by Giant's Footprints?
Chinese pits filled with an astounding array of small dinosaur fossils may have been created by a 20-ton behemoth wandering a volcanic landscape, a new study suggests.
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Surprise! Radioactive Water Jugs Not as Healthy as Advertised
You could probably guess why the Revigator, a uranium-lined, early-20th century drinking-water jar, was a serious health risk—and you’d be wrong. Radioactivity was only a minor part of the problem, a new study says.
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