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Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans
Researchers recorded hundreds of facial expressions in cats, finding they're not quite as aloof as previously thought.
Girl discovers 100,000-year-old mammoth bones in Russian river while fishing with dad
An 8-year-old girl discovered the bones of a woolly mammoth and a prehistoric bison after a landslide along the banks of a river in western Russia.
Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpent
Paleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago.
Wallace's sphinx moth: The long-tongued insect predicted by Darwin decades before it was discovered
Darwin and fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace predicted the existence of Wallace's sphinx moth from an orchid with an extremely long nectar tube.
22,000-foot volcano summit is home to Earth's highest-dwelling vertebrates, study confirms
Mummified mice found atop volcanoes in South America have long hinted that rodents forage on peaks as tall as 22,000 feet, but it turns out mice permanently live at these extreme heights.
Chimps go through menopause. That could shed light on how it evolved in humans.
Researchers have found evidence suggesting wild chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park go through menopause, shedding light on the evolution of this rare trait in humans.
1st-known 'highly pathogenic' bird flu cases in Antarctic could threaten penguins
The British Antarctic Survey detected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in seabirds on Bird Island, located in the Antarctic region in the South Atlantic.
