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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...
Surfer faced the 'unsettling ferocity' of a sick sea lion in Southern California
The March incident highlights an ongoing deadly outbreak as a neurotoxin ravages wildlife in Southern California.
Of honeybees and polar bears: Saving beloved species isn't enough — but it's a good start
If you ask children or college students to draw pictures to illustrate climate change, chances are that polar bears will make ...
Watch: Rare Footage Captures Colossal Squid In South Atlantic For The First Time
The newly discovered specimen was smaller than an adult colossal squid, which can grow up to 7 meters (23 feet) — roughly the ...
Where bees won't go: How flowers rely on cockroaches, bats and moths
A host of dark-dwelling creepy crawlies help plants just as bees and butterflies do. New research is showing just how much the world relies on them.
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Check Out the First Confirmed Footage of the Colossal Squid, a Rare and Enigmatic Deep-Sea Species
Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...
Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantation
In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...
Colossal squid resembles a ‘glass sculpture’ in first footage taken from the deep sea
Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — ...
Colossal squid filmed alive in the ocean for first time 100 years after discovery
Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists’ ability to research ...
It Took a Century to Find This Colossal Squid
An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.
First ever video shows colossal squid in natural habitat
A one-foot-long baby squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich islands. The footage is unprecedented ...
Scientists captured the first-ever footage of a colossal squid in the deep sea after a 100-year search. It's a baby.
A baby colossal squid was filmed in the deep sea by an ocean expedition near Antarctica. The world's largest squid has eluded ...