Tag: Animals
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What it's like to photograph the world's biggest shark [Video]
Photographer and filmmaker Tom Campbell tells us what it's like to get in the water with a whale shark, and try to fit the whole experience in the camera's frame.
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Nature Blows My Mind! 3D printing found in nature with this strange cocoon
Have you ever seen a cocoon quite like this?! Looking more like a net, or open-weave basket, this cocoon has an interesting reason for its surprising structure.
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Where do house cats go all day? GPS maps reveal their secret lives
Where does Fluffy go when you aren't looking, and just what does Snowball get up to when she leaves the yard? A new study looks at how housecats move around.
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Researchers create housecat-inspired robot
The cheetah-cub robot is light, fast and agile, which would make it a good fit for search and rescue operations.
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Fox with head stuck in jar approaches humans for help (Video)
Sometimes, when in desperate need of help, these oft-maligned animals evidently suspect that there are still enough good people willing to lend a hand.
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Wildlife center rescues a turtle covered in graffiti
The turtle's shell had been vandalized with several types of nail polish and glitter -- threatening its survival by making it an easy target for predators.
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Poor coyote pup rescued from cactus hell in Arizona
This poor coyote pup was turned into a pin-cushion by a Cholla cactus (aka Jumping cholla) in Arizona.
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Baby elephant discovers the ocean, takes a dip
There really is just nothing like watching a baby elephant roll and splash around in the waves for the first time.
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Lab testing on chimps may end as U.S. moves to declare them all 'endangered'
Under proposed changes, it will be illegal to injure or kill any chimpanzee.
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Grab your camera! Take part in Nature Photography Day 2013
Saturday, June 15th, is the 8th annual Nature Photography Day -- a time to get outside with your camera and celebrate the wonder that is our natural world.
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First-ever footage of a live 8-foot long oarfish is amazing [Video]
This species is almost never seen alive, so to see it alive and capture it on video is a phenomenal feat!
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Quick-thinking obstetrician delivers a drowning baby moose to safety
"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.
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'Living fossil' frog thought extinct rediscovered in Israel, last member of its ancient family
The Hula painted frog, native to the Lake Hula marshes in Israel, was until recently thought to be extinct. In fact, for most of the past 60+ years there were no sightings.
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Meet the adorable Fairy Penguin, the smallest penguin species on Earth!
Check out these beautiful photos and learn more about this awesome, but often overlooked, littlest of penguin. There's even a direct link between them and Tux, the Linux mascot!
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Fashionable chicken diapers helping urban farmers deal with "the inevitable"
Messy birds inside your house? A diaper may be worth a try.
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Oh the cuteness! Burrowing owls get up close with hidden camera
Hiding his camera in a road cone, photographer Mac Stone shows us what it's like to hang out on the front porch of an owl's burrow.
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8 Unbelievable octopus videos
We know that the octopus is a species that should never be underestimated, but you might not realize just how incredible it is until you've seen these crazy videos.
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Zoo elephants in the U.S. are so obese, they might go extinct
Captive pachyderms are packing on the pounds, and it's putting their very future at risk.
