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Sharks With a Taste For Giant Squid

Researchers announced recently that some giant sharks are partial to snacking on colossal squid, mysterious deep-sea beasts that we know hardly anything abo...

Fish Communicate By Farting

Dr. Doolittle may have been able to talk with the animals, but could he fart with them too ? That's what he may have had to do if he wanted to chat with a h...

World’s Longest Snake

A group of villagers in indonesia are claiming to have caught the world’s biggest snake – a python nearly 50 feet in length, weighing over 70 st...

Piranah Attacks Are on The Increase in Brazil

A recent spate of piranha attacks on swimmers in South East Brazil could be caused by rivers being dammed. In one town called Santa Cruz of Conceircao, ther...

How Do You Fancy a Glass of 8000 Year Old Wine ?

Do you fancy a glass of 8000 year old wine? The world’s oldest wine has been discovered- a vintage produced by Stone Age people 8000 years ago, which ...

An Apple a Day Keeps Dementia At Bay

You’ve heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” but that might have to change to “an apple a day keeps dementia at ba...

Deepest Extreme Bacteria Discovered

Scientists have discovered bacteria in a hole drilled more than 4000 feet deep in volcanic rock in Hawaii, in an environment that could be very similar to t...

Nature’s Own Genetically Modified Slug

You’ve heard of the body-snatchers, but what about the gene-snatchers ? Biologists at the University of South Florida studying the DNA blueprint of th...

Bears Hold Key To Osteoporosis Prevention

Black Bears seem to be unique amongst hibernating animals because they have the unique ability to stop their bones from thinning during their long winter sl...

Oxygen Sensitive Dye To Detect Unsafe Food

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde have developed an oxygen-sensitive ink that to warn you that food packaging is leaky. Food is normally packaged ...