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Last updated on September 3rd, 2010
| Hungry Elephants Are No Match for Fearless Ants: Click here |
| Talk about your David and Goliath story: ant colonies have found a way to ward elephants away from their turf with painful, precise attacks. |
| Earth's Animals Face Grim Future: Click here |
| A major extinction event is taking place now, with many wondering what animals will disappear from the planet forever. |
| Vietnam's Illegal Wildlife Trade Exposed: Click here |
| Over 850 pounds of illegal wildlife from nearly 20 species was just seized from restaurants in Vietnam, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. |
| Human-Like Brain Found in Worm: Click here |
| For the first time, a structure comparable to our cerebral cortex has been found in an invertebrate -- a humble marine ragworm. |
| Climate Change Plays Unlucky for Horseshoe Crabs: Click here |
| American horseshoe crabs are declining across the entire East Coast, from Maine to Florida. Researchers suspect that climate change and human activities are to blame. |
| Millions of Songbirds Killed for Recipe: Click here |
| Millions of songbirds are illegally killed each year for a pickled or poached bird dish known as ambelopoulia. |
| Stocky Predatory Dinosaur Prowled Transylvania: Click here |
| Island species from the past were usually stranger and smaller than close relatives on continental landmasses. |
| Size Matters in Canine Smarts: Click here |
| Bigger dogs have bigger brains, but does that mean they're more intelligent than their smaller counterparts? |
| 56-Year-Old Chimp Gives Birth: Big Pics: Click here |
| Susie is the third oldest chimp in captivity and may be the oldest ever to give birth. |
| Pea-Sized Frog Found in Borneo: Click here |
| The mini frog deposits its eggs on the sides of a pitcher plant and its tadpoles grow in the liquid that accumulates inside the plant. |
| Bald Eagle Nestlings Contaminated by Chemicals: Click here |
| The national symbol of the United States is ingesting flame retardants and pesticides through its food. |
| When Horses Walked on Water to Transport Humans: Click here |
| The word "horsepower" today describes the output of engines, electric motors and other machinery, but naturalist Mark Fraser takes us back to the word's more literal meaning, when horses really did power many human machines and activities. |
| Dogs, Rodents May Prevent Future Epidemics: Click here |
| If you have the flu, you may look sick to a human, but these disease-detecting animals can actually smell illness. |
| Bringing Kihansi Back: A Rare Toad Gets a Second Chance: Click here |
| Tanzania just received a shipment of 100 rare toads, marking the first phase in the world's most ambitious project to reintroduce a species that has been extinct from the wild for years. |
| Photographs Show Oil Spill Affecting Wildlife, Beaches: Click here |
| New photographs taken at Dauphin Island, Alabama, show what appears to be oil, along with chemical dispersants, related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. |
| Bat Species Uses Stealth Technique to Capture Prey: Click here |
| A rare British bat has developed remarkable stealth technology to sneak up on moths. |
| Great White Shark Sightings Have U.S. Lifeguards on Alert: Click here |
| Dozens of great white shark sightings in recent days have authorities on alert at many U.S. beaches now, according to multiple media reports. |
| Animals: What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared?: Click here |
| Shark populations worldwide are under enormous pressure due to overfishing. So what happens to an ecosystem when apex predators like sharks disappear? We talk to Discovery Channel shark advisor Andy DeHart to find out. |
| Animals: Piranha 3D: Fact vs. Fiction: Click here |
| Piranha 3D unleashes the ravenous, toothy fish on unsuspecting spring breakers and moviegoers. But what are the facts behind the piranha's myth? Director Alex Aja talks to Jorge Ribas about his film's scaly star. |
| Animals: Shark Finning Whistleblower On Gruesome Video: Click here |
| When Randall Arauz put video of sharks being finned on Costa Rican television, people took notice. |