6 terrifying instances of pets eating their owners
October 2, 2012, at 1:35 PMAn Oregon hog farmer goes missing — and hours later, only dentures and an unnamed body part are recovered from his pig pen
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The 11 weirdest animal penises on Earth [Updated]
October 1, 2012, at 9:30 AMFrom dolphins' hand-like retractables to tiny bugs' dagger-esque spikes, here are a few of the animal kingdom's stranger male sex organs
How your T-shirt could reduce pollution
September 28, 2012, at 11:20 AMNanoscientists and fashionistas have banded together to turn your jeans and shirts into air-pollutant-magnetizing eco-tools
The vampire squid that feasts on feces and mucus
September 27, 2012, at 11:55 AMA bizarre-looking sea creature lurking 3,000 feet below the surface doesn't eat other animals. Instead, it acts as "the garbage disposal of the ocean"
Inside Africa's bloody elephant-poaching war
September 25, 2012, at 12:57 PMIn what has become an increasingly violent conflict, the ivory trade leaves thousands of elephants dead every year, as well as hundreds of guards and poachers
The massive amount of energy powering your wireless storage: By the numbers
September 25, 2012, at 8:52 AMEvery tweet, email, and instant message you send is stored in a nebulous, invisible entity called the cloud — and all that data sucks up a lot of electricity
The death of the National Zoo's week-old giant panda cub: What went wrong?
September 24, 2012, at 4:35 PMCelebration turned to mourning Sunday when the Washington, D.C., zoo's 6-day-old panda cub suddenly died
How China is trying to capitalize on global warming: A guide
September 20, 2012, at 10:10 AMThe Earth's changing climate is melting the Arctic ice sheets, starting a global rush for the goodies underneath
Is it wrong to hunt wolves as soon as they're off the endangered species list?
September 19, 2012, at 6:20 PMAfter protecting wolves for decades, the Fish and Wildlife service has declared them fair game for hunters — a change that has animal-rights activists howling
The futuristic brain implant that makes monkeys smarter
September 17, 2012, at 3:58 PMResearchers discover that stimulating a primate's prefrontal cortex with a special electrical pattern improves decision-making abilities by a startling 10 percent
Are the world's most endangered species even worth saving?
September 13, 2012, at 7:55 AMConservationists might not bother rescuing a giant soft-shell turtle or a pygmy three-toed sloth because these animals don't provide any clear benefits to humans
The flesh-eating seagulls that are attacking whales
August 31, 2012, at 7:30 AMOff Argentina's coast, the birds have trained themselves to swoop down on the endangered mammals to feast on their blubber when they surface for air
The completely bizarre Venezuelan poodle moth
August 30, 2012, at 8:03 AMWhat's fuzzy, adorable, and terrifying all at the same time? This mysterious little winged creature, which has become an overnight internet sensation
7 shocking shark facts: A slideshow
August 16, 2012, at 6:45 PMThe product of 450 million years of evolution, sharks are eerily bizarre and compulsively fascinating
How July was the hottest month in history: By the numbers
August 8, 2012, at 2:21 PMAccording to the feds, we've suffered through temperatures unseen since they began tracking weather 118 years ago. Here's how the unsettling stats break down
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