Fisherman catches 362kg monster
IT’S big, it’s old and it’s scaly. But little else is known about this Florida fisherman’s catch of a lifetime which he described as ‘a dinosaur.’
Animals
Want to own a woolly mammoth?
EVER wanted to own a priceless artefact or know what a supernova feels like? See how one museum is bringing history to the future and your home using 3D printing.
A dog really did eat my homework
IT’S the oldest line in the book – the dog ate my homework – but in this case it was true. The culinary adventure just didn’t end very well for Reggie the labrador.
The dino that terrorised T-rex
PALAEONTOLOGISTS announced they had uncovered the remains of one of the greatest land predators ever – a nine-metre, four-tonne dinosaur.
Two-headed ray a first for Australia
AN Australian researcher has discovered a ray with two heads – the first two-hedaed ray or shark to be found in the country and one of few in the world.
What I learned in five years living with baboons
FOR five years this man’s been sleeping in the wild, waking at 4am and following hundreds of baboons on foot for up to 35km. Here’s what he learned about them – and himself.
What does the Koala say?
WE all know what the fox says but what about the Koala? This fluffy marsupial might look cute on the outside but wait until you hear the noise it makes.
Anger at TV host’s corpse pics
THIS woman loves hunting animals and posting pictures with their dead carcasses. At least, she did — until the internet got wind of it. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
DNA answers where dogs came from
FOR years, scientists have been dogged by this evolution question: Just where did man’s best friend first appear?
The world’s ten weirdest fish
FISH are exceedingly strange creatures with even stranger faces. But we reckon we’ve found the ten weirdest species from a pool of almost 28,000.
507-year-old clam ‘world’s oldest creature’
A 507-YEAR-OLD clam discovered in a seabed near Iceland could help unlock the secrets to a long life, scientists say.
Rare sighting of ‘Asian Unicorn’
SEE the photo of the first “Asian Unicorn” to be spotted in the wild in more than a decade.
Mass turtle deaths puzzle scientists
SCIENTISTS are searching for answers as hundreds of sea turtles are washing up dead on the beaches of Central America.
Baby, the very sweary cockatoo
NOBODY puts this Baby in a corner. After being rescued and adopted by a new family this cockatoo bought with him some bad habits including a vicious temper and filthy mouth.
Cute deer survives arrow to head
A HUNTER’S arrow was no match for this incredible foal. The five-month-old is back in the wild now after surgery to remove an arrow that went straight through his head. Warning: Graphic picture.
Is your cat cheating on you?
THEY are secretive, unloving, one of the most selfish creatures on Earth. Now we really know what the cat gets up to when you’re not around.
Mysterious fish a ‘sign from God’
IT’S far from pretty with a large head and small body covered in spines. But the family who caught this mysterious fish say it’s a gift from God.
New breed of mutant ‘super rats’ spreading
THERE is a new breed of poison-resistant “mutant rat”, which cannot be killed by regular poison pellets and eat them “like feed”.
Small and cute? Not this platypus
A MASSIVE platypus which crushed turtles in its bill has been discovered by fossil experts in a breakthrough for evolution research.
Beagle sniffs out bear pregnancies
ZOOS around the US will soon find out whether a beagle named Elvis can let them know when their polar bears are pregnant.
80-year-old fights bear and wins
An 80-year-old Russian shepherd got into a fight with a grizzly bear, got bitten, kicked and pushed off a cliff, but lived.
Why Facebook is turning your mates into giraffes
IT’S no doubt annoying and possibly a pain in the neck but there’s a reason why your mates have changed their profile picture to this guy. And it’s not because they’re animal lovers.
‘Sea serpents’ riddled with parasites
ONE of two oarfish “sea serpents” found in California earlier this month had a host of parasites living in its giant, serpent-like body.
The world’s cutest animals are actually evil
LOOK up any animal. If you think it’s cute, it’s probably evil. That’s the attitude we were left with after reading up on these animals’ unsavoury habits.
Snakes set off alarm in brain
SNAKES arouse sharp fear in monkeys, apes and humans due to specific brain cells that fire off a rapid warning for slithery danger, scientists have found.
New creatures found in ‘lost world’
SCIENTISTS have discovered a lost world of unknown creatures in a rainforest perched on massive boulders in a remote part of Cape York in Queensland’s north.
Cape Melville’s hidden wonders
THREE “dramatic new species” have been discovered in a remote Cape York rainforest located on top of large boulder fields.
Man pulls worm in cheek with forceps
AN AMERICAN biologist has become a parasite expert after he was forced to use forceps to remove a worm that had lived in his mouth for months.
Hum from horny fish keeps town awake
SCIENTISTS say a mysterious hum keeping residents of a British town up at night may be from mating fish.
Circle of death: Who eats the zombies?
THE Walking Dead? Precisely. It turns out that any humans facing a zombie plague have an overlooked, but lethal, ally – Mother Nature.
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