1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (271+ words) He is slow and steady " and winning the race against time. A 194-year-old tortoise'was just honored with Guinness World Records" prestigious ICON award. Born around 1832, Jonathan, the world"s oldest living land animal, was given the title in the record…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (526+ words) Millions of cannibalistic Mormon crickets have descended on Nevada, Oregon and Idaho, prompting fears that the pestilence could decimate crops and create dangerously slick conditions on roads. Skin-crawling videos show the swarms inundating cars and backyards in scenes that are…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (220+ words) A 50-pound Missouri sulcata tortoise is finally back home after a nine-day runaway spree, delivering relief to her shell-shocked loved ones and community. The wayward Liam, 13, "traveled 1. 8 miles through creeks, construction and jungle" only to be nabbed in a nearby…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (409+ words) The elusive and "iconic" deep-sea goblin shark, for the first time ever, has been spotted in its natural habitat " thousands of feet below the ocean's surface with no natural light. The shark species was discovered over 100 years ago, and up…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (624+ words) His fans say he's the up-and-coming Steve Irwin." A fearless sixth grader manhandles snakes and purposely gets bitten on his jaw-dropping nature adventures in the rugged Ozarks of southern Missouri. Elijah, who goes by @King_Of_The_Ozarks online, hardly flinches when non-venomous snakes…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (500+ words) It's an arachnophobe's worst nightmare. A child-size scorpion that roamed the UK 400 million years ago is thought to be largest of its kind to ever exist, per a skin-crawling study in the journal Paleontology. "So we can safely say it's…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (555+ words) ANGOLA "A crowned crab spider that glows a vibrant blue under ultraviolet light is among dozens of unknown species discovered in Angola's remote Lisimaplateauduring a survey expedition to "Africa'slast great biodiversity blank spots," according to The Wilderness Project. The survey…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (546+ words) More like daddy frog legs. Although known for eating bugs and other invertebrates, it appears daddy longlegs are pursuing bigger game. Researchers observed these gangly arachnids chowing down on small frogs that are bigger than themselves in South America, as…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (343+ words) Haunting images show the waters around the Faroe Islands stained blood red after locals slaughtered over 700 porpoises in a gory tradition known as the grindagrap, or "grind." The single-day massacre of pilot whales and various dolphin species " including 406 killed in…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (414+ words) A Southern California man has been sentenced to 65 months in federal prison after authorities uncovered a years-long operation that smuggled thousands of live reptiles into the United States from Mexico and China. Jose Manuel Perez, 34, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to…...