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The vampire squid is one of many unheard of creatures living in the deep sea. The species, which is technically not a squid, but a cephalopod, had been living fairly anonymously since it first appeared 300 million years ago, even before dinosaurs existed, according toNational Geographic. Only now is it getting more attention because its [...]

Last year a “coyote hybrid” was spotted in Queens, and now residents in Harlem have their own wily creature roaming the streets. CNN reports that Wednesday morning, around 9:30 a.m., some frightened locals called in a sighting to the NYPD. An emergency service unit was sent to track the animal down, and they cornered her in Trinity [...]

Forget sharks and crocodiles: the real menace at this time of year, at least for suburban Sydneysiders, is a backyard spider whose bite can kill you in the space of two hours. Insect experts have warned that the city is being invaded by funnel-webs, considered one of the world’s most aggressive and poisonous spiders. A reptile [...]

Scientists have unearthed a completely new species of spider hiding in sand dunes on the Israel-Jordan border. With a legspan that stretches 5.5 inches, the spider, called Cerbalus aravensis, is the biggest of its type in the Middle East. “It is rare to find a new species of spider — at least around this part of the [...]

A Sumatran tigress and her cubs took a special interest in a World Wildlife Federation camera, sniffing and possibly licking it during a brief sequence released in late December. The video was released as a prelude to the WWF’s Tx2: Double or Nothing campaign to call attention to plight of the tiger species. There are as few [...]

More than 120 whales have died over 48 hours in two separate beachings in New Zealand. At least 100 long finned pilot whales died after becoming stranded on a remote beach in the north of New Zealand’s South Island on Saturday, while another 20 will be buried by a local Maori tribe after they beached themselves [...]