“Life found a way” at National Zoo where female water dragon reproduced without a male

June 8, 2019

She has no mate. Her daughter has no father. Together they form scientific first. Now, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo confirms their 12-year-old female Asian…

Ladybug swarm spotted flying over southern California

June 6, 2019

Ladybugs are so sweet and so wonderful to see. Except, perhaps, when they look like this. A massive “bloom” of ladybugs flying over southern…

Guitar Hero: Cat wakes owner up every morning by playing guitar

June 4, 2019

This is one hep cat. Twitter user Chelsey B. Coombs posted a video of her cat plucking some sharp chords. “My cat wakes me…

Incredibly rare, fully-white albino giant panda photographed in the wild in China

May 29, 2019

This is considered the world’s first documented image of an albino giant panda. The photograph, which was snapped by infrared motion sensor camera in…

Breeding farmed frogs may stop the illegal trade of exotic frogs

May 27, 2019

A conservation group in Colombia is breeding sought-after exotic frogs in an attempt to thwart traffickers from capturing the animal and selling them to…

Rewards for learning mask how smart animals really are, study finds

May 15, 2019

Using rewards to show how rodents and ferrets learn are actually masking the true knowledge that these animals have, researchers at Johns Hopkins University…

Fish Friday: Koi return to Chinatown gardens after near annihilation by ravenous otter

May 10, 2019

Last November, a river otter began stalking the prized koi fish at one of Vancouver’s biggest tourist attractions, a tranquil Chinese garden that had…

What do you do when you find a scorpion in your kitchen? Take it for a drive

May 10, 2019

Gail Hammond, a devoted fan of the German heavy rock band Scorpions, noticed something near her feet when she was washing dishes in her…

“Peculiar” three-eyed snake found in northern Australia

May 5, 2019

If you already suffer from ophiophobia, you may not want to read this. Rangers in northern Australia recently came across a a three-eyed snake….

Indian Army claims footprints spotted during expedition belong to “mythical beast Yeti”

May 1, 2019

Whether you call it Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Yeti, the Indian Army believes it has proof the creature exists. It may sound odd, but the…