animals

Watch: Think Your Pregnancy Was Bad? This Octopus Waited 53 Months For Her Eggs to Hatch

Scientists have discovered by far the longest documented egg-brooding period of any animal. And it's a doozy.

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Ravishly Mixtape Vol. 12—Animal Tunes for Zookeeper Week

Time to get a little wild.

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Russian Space Program Hits Another Hiccup, May Lose Orbiting Geckos

Trying to rekindle the grandeur of its past, the Russian space industry soldiers on—small animal astronaut space death notwithstanding.

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Watch: The Surprising Way Stingrays Give Birth

Oh, you haven't seen a stingray give birth before? Now's your chance to change that.

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Red Ant Hill Meets Molten Aluminum in this Amazing—If Creepy—Art Video

And here you’ve been using pesticides all this time.

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Ritzy Rodents: Watch Tiny Hamsters Dine on a Gourmet Meal

No plastic bucket of seeds for these privileged foodies!

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Weird+Wonderful+WTF Special Edition: Top 5 Trends in Wacky!

What dominates the weird news cycle? From Florida to McDonald's, we bring you the hottest trends in bizarrre happenings.

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Orcas on the Mind: Is it Time for "Free Willy 2?"

A proposed California bill is bringing new attention to the fate of performance orcas at SeaWorld

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