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Antechinus: The tiny marsupials where males have sex until they die — then females eat their corpses
All species in the antechinus genus have the same frenzied mating system, where males have sex until they die from organ failure, then the females gobble up their corpses.
Three remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses 'pincer, fork and key'
In this extract from "The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, blood and pillbugs.
'All it takes is a predator to learn that children are easier prey': Why India's 'wolf' attacks may not be what they seem
Indian authorities believe wolf attacks have killed 10 people in the Bahraich region of Uttar Pradesh in recent months, as fear and confusion grips local villages.
Mysterious sound coming from the Mariana Trench has finally been explained
A new study has revealed the exact origin of the Pacific Ocean's mysterious "biotwang" noises, which were first detected by underwater surveys near the Mariana Trench in 2014.
How do cats squeeze through small spaces?
Cats can squeeze through impossibly small holes, but how does their anatomy enable them to do this?
80 million-year-old sea monster jaw filled with giant globular teeth for crushing prey discovered in Texas
Rare fossils of the mosasaur Globidens alabamaensis — a 20 foot predator with strange, mushroom-shaped teeth — unearthed in northeastern Texas.
Wolf spiders: Behavior, bites and other facts
REFERENCE Wolf spiders are a large family of hairy and athletic arachnids that chase down prey on the ground rather than catching food in webs.
Watch mesmerizing video of weird waves that 'shape life itself' inside a fly embryo
Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition.
