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Elephants: Facts about Earth's largest living land animals
By Marilyn Perkins, Alina Bradford last updated
Discover interesting facts about elephants, the highly intelligent and social animals that roam Africa and Asia.

Divers discover 500,000-year-old treasure trove of fossils in Florida sinkhole
By Tom Howarth published
Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

Can animals learn another species' 'language'?
By Marilyn Perkins published
Animals hear other species communicate around them every day. Do they understand what they're saying?

Labord's chameleon: The color-changing lizard that drops dead in 4 months
By Lydia Smith published
Labord's chameleons are only found in Western Madagascar and have developed a live fast die young life cycle to cope with the extreme environmental conditions.

'I thought I was dead': Terrifying video of humpback whale gobbling up kayaker explained
By Patrick Pester published
A humpback whale appeared to swallow then spit out a kayaker in a viral video filmed off the coast of Chile. But was he actually in any danger?

Do other animals kiss?
By Marilyn Perkins published
Kissing is a multifaceted and emotionally loaded behavior. Do other animals do it, too?

Massive male great white shark tagged and released off Florida coast in new video
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists have tagged a giant male great white shark off the East Coast. The researchers said "Contender" is the largest male white shark ever caught and studied in the northwest Atlantic.

Moroccan fly maggot uses fake face on its butt to infiltrate termite colony
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate into termite colonies in the mountains of Morocco.
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