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"It's believed that something went terribly wrong and the mother died while giving birth..." 7 groundbreaking fossil discoveries that changed the world

The trailblazing discoveries that have changed the way we understand life on planet Earth
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It looked like a cat and acted like a cat – but this cat was different. It was the first-ever cat on the planet – the ancestor of all cats today…

his isn’t the kind of furball you’d want sitting on your lap…
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He thought he was just filming a strange sea creature – BUT then it did something completely unexpected… 

Photographer Ian Haggerty stumbled across the bizarre-looking sea cucumber while exploring a reef.
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Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) adult, sitting on moss, Costa Rica.

Nature's deadliest poisons and toxins can kill in minutes – here's the terrifying reason why…

The words toxin and venom are often used interchangeably, but actually mean two different things says JV Chamary explains
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Inside the incredible underwater cities, filled with apartment blocks, that stretch along a massive 150km of coastline

These snails stay in one spot for life and build tiny apartments that support lots of other sea creatures
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Pallas cat

"It's as secretive as a ghost, so secretive that, prior to 2012, it had never been photographed." When India's grumpiest cat moved into a house, the family moved out

On the edge of a remote mountain slope in northern India, a secretive cat becomes part of village life. Wildlife photographer Puskar Basu heads into the Himalayan mountains to find it.
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"It oozes gross, sticky mucus that paralyses prey before sucking it back in…" A bizarre predator that's as long as a sperm whale, but as thin as tagliatelle

Bootlace worms are around as wide as a piece of tagliatelle but are said to grow longer than a blue whale
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What if hobbits were real? Meet the tiny human species that actually existed…

Don’t let their small stature fool you - these ‘hobbits’ were among the deadliest predators to stalk their jungle island home.
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Bottle tree Socotra

“It can cause blurred vision, irregular heartbeat, low blood pressure and potential fatality…”

On the remote island of Socotra, you’ll find a beautiful tree that hides a deadly secret
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"It sounds like a dog barking and howls like a human in pain." 10 of the weirdest, strangest owls on the planet, including a lookalike imposter…

Think owls are kind of weird looking? Here are the weirdest-looking owls around, from the tiny elf owl to the owl that looks like it's wearing spectacles.
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"It feeds on your blood for a week before you even notice – and then leaves behind a rare and life-threatening disease…"

Carried by the lone star tick, the Bourbon virus mimics Lyme disease closely enough to slip past diagnosis entirely.
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"It will slowly consume their host from the inside-out, leaving only the essential organs, to keep the surrogate womb ticking over…"

Life gets pretty grim for a caterpillar if it becomes infected with a parasitic wasp says Nick Baker? Who says zombies aren't real?
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Gonatus onyx

Deep-sea scientists filmed something hugely astonishing and very rarely seen gliding over the seafloor in Chile

Extraordinary footage of a mother squid carrying her eggs
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Did elephants and mammoths co-exist?

Crotalus polystictus

Can a snake bite through your boots?

It depends on the boot say experts…
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Common starfish in a rockpool

"it wraps its arms around the victim, grips tight with its thousands of tiny tube feet and pulls hard. Next it forces one of its stomachs out of its mouth…"

The common starfish has two stomachs – and it forces one of them out of its mouth to consume prey.
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Why do flamingoes stand on one leg

Why on Earth do flamingoes stand on one leg?

Have you noticed that lots of flamingos and other water birds often stand on one leg? Mike Toms explains why...
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Watching a shark hunt prey was amazing enough – but then it plunged its nose into the reef… What was it after?

Komodo dragon

“In dragon society, size is everything.” Watch the dramatic moment two huge, venomous lizards clash over a mate

On the Indonesian island of Komodo, the world’s largest lizard competes in incredible fights to earn mating rights
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Hammerhead shark attacks reef shark

“To rip off the tail only took a minute…" Insane, gobsmacking drone footage captures gigantic shark eating another shark in Florida

A photographer was astounded when her drone captured the moment a huge hammerhead pounced on a reef shark.
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Chlorocytus papahemii Tselikh & Li, sp. nov., female, holotype. Credit: Li et al., 2026.

Scientists searching for a devastating crop-killing pest discovered an 'alien' nightmare instead…

Scientists found a new species of wasp in China – but it does something weird...
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Bottle of Mezcal with worm. © Esdelval/Getty

The truth about the famous 'worm' in the alcoholic drink mezcal is a lot stranger than you think

Biologists have finally identified the ‘worm’ added to bottles of mezcal
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Lake Malawi

Researchers explore one of Africa’s deepest lakes – and found an unexpected creature lurking in its depths

A surprising insect has been observed at depths of more than 200 metres
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A single use plastic bottle floats in the clear blue ocean as a result of human pollution and lack of education. Perfect for ocean conservation theme. (This bottle was collected and taken out of the ocean)

When marine scientists found a plastic bottle floating in the ocean, they were shocked to see this large creature living inside, unable to escape…

Marine scientists were shocked to find a large live crab stuck inside a small plastic bottle. This is how it got there
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