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The praying mantis looks calm — until it moves. Its raptorial forelegs are spring-loaded weapons that snap shut in ...

A new study led by scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Shark Lab ...

Photographs taken from directly above the Pacific Ocean have shown large areas of red light emitted against the backdrop of ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

And it was huge. The ancestor of today’s 20-foot great white shark was thought to be about 26 feet long, the authors of a ...

The platypus isn’t just a strange animal — it’s a puzzle piece that shouldn’t exist. It lays eggs like a reptile, has fur ...

A caterpillar-looking bug hangs out on a stem, minding its own business. Suddenly, forceps emerge, moving towards the ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...

Young seabirds create a seasonal food source that draws tiger sharks and pushes other sharks to change where and when they ...

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