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  • Poachers kill at least 26 elephants in Central Africa

    Fri, May 10, 2013 4:56 PM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    Poachers continue to kill elephants and strip them of their ivory tusks to sell on global markets, despite a ban on ivory poaching.

  • Welcome to the 'Insta-zoo' [Photos]

    Fri, May 10, 2013 11:50 AM by Catie Leary

    Photographer Joern Pollex gives the animals at the zoo in Hamburg, Germany instant charm.

  • Man survived being swallowed by a hippo

    Fri, May 10, 2013 11:16 AM by John Platt

    The hippo 'went berserk, throwing me into the air and catching me again, shaking me like a dog with a doll,' man says of attack that happened years ago.

  • Freediving with a great white shark

    Fri, May 10, 2013 11:13 AM by Shea Gunther

    Watch this amazing video of freediver Kimi Werner placidly swimming alongside a great white shark.

  • Frankenkitties: House cats bred with wild animals sell for $35,000

    Thu, May 09, 2013 2:41 PM by Melissa Breyer

    The homemade hybrids are a luxury for some, a concern for others.

  • New deep sea fish species found in Antarctica

    Thu, May 09, 2013 1:40 PM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    Next to nothing is known about strange-looking fish's behavior, diet or what it does down there in the depths.

  • 9 baby animals salute moms for Mother's Day

    Thu, May 09, 2013 10:53 AM by Catie Leary

    In honor of all the hard-working mothers in the animal kingdom, here's a collection of adorable baby animals being doted on by their moms.

  • Pet cheetahs live with toddlers

    Thu, May 09, 2013 9:36 AM

    Video: The documentary 'Cheetah House' follows a South African family who adopted 2 cheetahs.

  • Nondescript moth boasts ultrasonic ears

    Wed, May 08, 2013 4:12 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    Researchers think that the moth's ultrasonic hearing could help it evade their predators in many environments.

  • 5 things that probably aren't killing honeybees – and 1 thing that definitely is

    Wed, May 08, 2013 3:33 PM by Stacie Boschma

    As scientists scramble to understand the causes of colony collapse disorder, we consider a few theories.

  • O'Hare International Airport is going to the goats

    Wed, May 08, 2013 2:19 PM by Shea Gunther

    Goats, also known as nature's lawnmowers, will be used at the Chicago airport to keep the creeping flora at bay.

  • Roles often reversed in gruesome black widow ritual

    Wed, May 08, 2013 10:37 AM by Megan Gannon, LiveScience

    Males in at least one black widow species make a clear choice about which females they will mate with, and age may be a big factor.

  • Oldest 'dome-headed' dinosaur discovered in Canada

    Wed, May 08, 2013 9:28 AM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    The new findings indicate that the diversity of other small dinosaurs is even more unknown than scientists originally thought.

  • Why do fireflies glow?

    Tue, May 07, 2013 4:57 PM by Chanie Kirschner

    Wouldn't it be cool if humans could flash a light from our bellies to attract a mate? (Imagine the bar scene!) But seriously, the science behind this insect's glow is cool.

  • Human evolution aided by eating antelope brains, study suggests

    Tue, May 07, 2013 12:52 PM by Melissa Breyer

    New fossils also show earliest evidence of hunting and scavenging by our human ancestors.

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