3+ hour, 32+ min ago  (598+ words) Shoppers browsing souvenirs at Hobart Airport in Tasmania, Australia, got more than they bargained for when a real Australian brushtail possum was discovered hiding among plush toy animals on a gift shop shelf. The furry intruder was spotted blending in…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (555+ words) A single vertebra pulled from ancient sediments in southwest Taiwan has upended what scientists thought they knew about the island's prehistoric ecosystem. The bone belongs to a giant python that stretched more than 13 feet long " a species with no living…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (758+ words) A large, aggressive lizard species is establishing breeding populations across South Florida, and it's nothing like the iguanas residents are used to seeing on seawalls or in backyard mango trees. Nile monitor lizards can grow up to 7 feet long, weigh…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (723+ words) City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard chirping from a storm drain on Feb. 9. Upon further investigation, they discovered a 7-foot, 410-pound manatee trapped underground in a concrete structure. What followed was a dramatic, hours-long rescue involving firefighters, wildlife officials,…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1776+ words) A growing number of newly described animals don't carry dense Latin names decipherable only by entomologists hunched over microscopes. They carry names you'd recognize from your Spotify playlist, your movie queue, or your late-night TV habits. From Taylor Swift millipedes…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (771+ words) They swim with paddle-like tails, climb trees using hooked claws and hunt on land. Nile monitor lizards, powerful carnivores that can grow longer than six feet, are spreading through South Florida, earning a reputation from wildlife officials as one of…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (723+ words) A newly-discovered ancient crocodile looked nothing like the low-slung, swamp-delling crocodiles you see today. Instead, it stood upright on long, slender legs and sprinted across dry land with the build of a greyhound. It ate small reptiles, amphibians and early…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (333+ words) Magill said in a video posted to social media that his last day will be May 10. He plans to slide into a role as the Zoo Miami Foundation's goodwill ambassador and conservation liaison, which will "allow me to focus on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (625+ words) Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists. A chance encounter on the outskirts of a village in northeastern India has yielded something rare: a previously undocumented vine…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (735+ words) $1.99 for your first month Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists. The hollow, cylindrical spikes scattered across its body were made of hardened skin and intact down…...