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Ancient giant mammals such as mammoths might’ve gone extinct due to human activity, not climate change
While past studies often attributed the extinction of large mammals to climate change, a new invest…
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Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America
Giant mammals like dire wolves and saber-tooth cats were once common in North America. But these me…
Jenny McGrath
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Bats with penises that measure over 20% of their body length don't make babies like any other mammals, according to a new study
These bats have penises far too large to fit in the female's vagina. So how do they reproduce? It's…
Maiya Focht
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Bats with penises that measure over 20% of their body length don't make babies like any other mammals, according to a new study
These bats have penises far too large to fit in the female's vagina. So how do they reproduce? It's…
Maiya Focht
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Giant guinea pig-sized rats that climb trees and chomp coconuts were photographed for the first time by researchers
After years of attempts, researchers photographed the Vangunu giant rat, which has had its habitat …
Jenny McGrath
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Soviet whalers wiped out blue whales from part of the Indian Ocean 50 years ago. Underwater audio reveals the gentle giants have returned.
Blue whales were wiped out from waters near the Seychelles islands half a century ago but underwate…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Soviet whalers wiped out blue whales from part of the Indian Ocean 50 years ago. Underwater audio reveals the gentle giants have returned.
Blue whales were wiped out from waters near the Seychelles islands half a century ago but underwate…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Fossils unearthed in China reveal a new species of giant prehistoric rhino - the largest land mammal to ever walk the Earth
Giant rhinos were roughly the size of six elephants and they moved back and forth across Asia as th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Stunning video appeared to show 2 humpback whales trying to save a seal from a pod of orcas, but the seal may have been trying to hide behind the gentle giants
Humpback whales have been documented disrupting orca hunts in the past, including when the killer w…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A life-sized robotic elephant was donated to an Indian temple a giant step to encourage 'cruelty-free' rituals
Animals used in rituals are often subjected to mistreatment. In an effort to be "cruelty-free," a t…
Reena Koh
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Australian park rangers discovered a giant, toxic toad that eats anything that fits into her mouth. They named her Toadzilla.
The monster cane toad discovered in Conway National park weighed 5.95 pounds, six times more than t…
Matthew Loh
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Giant invasive pythons run rampant in Florida and wreak havoc on native species — but python hunters are here to help
"It's not the pythons' fault that they're here, but they do have to go," a python hunter named Amy …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Gold miners make 'super-exciting' discovery of 3 giant woolly mammoth skeletons in Yukon
Gold miners have discovered the partial skeletons of several woolly mammoths at Little Flake Mine n…
Alia Shoaib
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A giant panda on loan from China has given birth to twin cubs weighing less than one-third of a pound
Female pandas ovulate once a year. The zoo's associate director called the twins' birth in Saint-Ai…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Health insurance giants are getting into the primary care business. Here's why Anthem's CEO isn't interested and what she's doing instead.
In 2018, CVS Health closed its $70 billion deal with the health insurer Aetna, which combined a ret…
Lydia Ramsey
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This giant pile of skulls tells a tragic story of American history
In April 2016, the US House of Representatives and the Senate passed a bill that would honor the co…
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Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
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A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there's a new species of walrus named in his honor
A 13-year-old saw a skull protruding from a boulder. The fossil belonged to an ancient toothless wa…
Jenny McGrath
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Montana rancher paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and launched a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000
A Montana man was charged with selling the DNA and offspring of a cloned Marco Polo sheep, a breed …
Jenny McGrath
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The partial skeleton of an ancient whale shows it could've weighed nearly as much as a Boeing 747, making it one of the heaviest animals ever
Researchers found the fossil of new species of ancient whale, Perucetus colossus. It could have wei…