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"It delivers the most painful sting in the world, leaving victims in pain for 24 hours." World's 6 deadliest ants, including one that's killed people
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (560+ words) Some create millions-strong swarms, while others deliver lethal stings or clamp down on their victims with their jaws It's a tale as old as time. Never underestimate the small ones "and nowhere is that truer than in the world of…...
Experts discover "The Heaven Sword" after a decade searching Taiwan"s forests " and it"s taller than a 20-story building
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (454+ words) Researchers started out on a quest to find the island's largest tree and were amazed at what they found Researchers that have been searching for the tallest tree in Taiwan for over ten years have finally found their record-breaker. Searching…...
It's 1. 5m long, eats prickly pears and can live for up to 60 years
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (412+ words) The Gal'pagos land iguana is one impressive-looking lizard. Here's how it's saving habitats and helping entire ecosystems recover across the Pacific archipelago. The Gal'pagos land iguana is one of three species of land iguana found in the Gal'pagos Islands, a…...
It might look like a rabbit and act like a rabbit, but this is no rabbit " OR even a hare, instead it's something far more peculiar. ..
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (474+ words) All you ever needed to know about the bizarre viscacha With dainty forelimbs tucked against their fluffy belly and a wonderfully solemn expression on their whiskered face, the sight of a sunbathing mountain viscacha is sure to raise a smile....
It would have seen Lucy and thought, "Dinner." The newly-discovered prehistoric monster croc that would have terrified " and hunted " humans
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (482+ words) Researchers have newly identified a huge apex predator that terrorised early humans and laid in wait for its prey Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa A huge reptile that was one of early human's main predators three million years ago…...
Toxic rivers, marble cathedrals and a giant mirror: 12 most otherworldly-looking places on Earth
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (943+ words) Forget Mars " Earth's oddest landscapes are stranger, closer and don't require a spacesuit When space missions set off to explore the cosmos, the whole world watches " entranced by the human desire to know the unknown. However, Earth has its own…...
This extraordinary forest below the waves is the only one of its kind " and it's home to one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth
2+ day, 39+ min ago (328+ words) Stretching along South Africa's rugged coastline lies one of the planet's most extraordinary yet little-known ecosystems: the Great African Sea Forest Found in the cool, nutrient-rich waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans off the coast of Cape Town in…...
"This grimacingly ugly creature has adorned itself with gold and, yet, still manages to look ghastly. .. " 10 ugliest, hideous animals in the ocean
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1162+ words) Not every creature in the sea won the genetic lottery Not everyone is blessed with the gift of good looks but some animals are less fortunate than others. On land, proboscis monkeys, naked mole ratsandgiant salamandersare all known for their…...
This underground web of fungi is so huge it could reach the sun 1 billion times. Scientists have mapped it for the first time
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (522+ words) The worldwide network of mycorrhizal fungi has been mapped out " and its length is astonishing Scientists have barely scratched the surface of the world of fungi, with only about 200, 000 known species and an estimated two million species waiting to be…...
Toxic killers and 4m giants " meet the 9 weirdest crabs on the planet
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (709+ words) Meet the ocean's most extraordinary crabs " including a few that aren't actually crabs at all From toxic killers to giant deep-sea monsters, the ocean is home to some truly bizarre crustaceans " but not all of them are what they seem....