What's new?

New species discovered in 2010From invisible squids to bald parrots to deep-sea fish with teeth on their tongues, guardian.co.uk picks the best of of 2010's newly discovered animals.This image provided by NOAA shows a deep-sea chimaera. Chimaeras are...

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Video: Playful Polar Bears

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Lord of the Ants

A fascinating man - Ed Wilson is the ant man. Over six decades at Harvard University he has discovered more about ants than anyone else in history. He has thrown into relief for the general public just how important ants are—how they represent 25% or...

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Cute or not? baby Francois' Langur

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Stuck!

An 8-month-old German shepherd named Rebel somehow squeezed his head through a hole in an 18-inch block wall at his Desert Hot Springs home Monday.Then he got stuck.Rebel may have been chasing another animal or was just curious about the hole, said Sgt....

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Chupacabra?

This bald, grey-skinned creature was shot and killed in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, after it emerged from woodland into the garden of a home.The animal, which has large ears, whiskers and a long tail, has sparked intense debate on the internet, with...

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Video: Dogsledding

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Video: How To Wrap A Cat For Christmas

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Dogs Are Santa's Favorites

An AP-Petside.com Poll, conducted October 13-20, 2010, by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, found that 53 percent of pet owners plan to get their animals a present this holiday season. Of these, fifty-six percent of the dog owners...

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Cute or Not? Baby Wallaby

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Escaped Reindeer Found Hiding Under Elf House

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A reindeer escaped from a nativity scene in Lakeland, but was later caught hiding under an elf house, police said Tuesday.While the story sounds like a Christmas tale, police say it's true. A caller to police early Tuesday morning said...

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Did Animals Make Humans Human?

A well-researched article in boston.com examines anthropologist Pat Shipman's premise that the unique ability to observe and control the behavior of other animals is what allowed us to become the humans that we are.While some of Shipman's colleagues...

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Just incase you were wondering - US$11,542,683

Sotheby's: Audubon sells for record £7.3mLONDON 7 DECEMBER 2010 --- This evening, one of the most magnificent printed books ever produced, John James Audubon’s Birds of America, sold at Sotheby’s London for £7,321,250/ US$11,542,683, establishing a new...

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How much?

LONDON -- Sotheby's is auctioning a rare copy of John James Audubon's "Birds of America," billed as the world's most expensive book - a treasure that could sell for 6 million pounds ($9.5 million).One of only 100 or so remaining copies of "Birds of America,"...

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Winter Pet Safety

What a great idea!Morton® Safe-T-Pet™ Ice Melt was developed with veterinarians to be safer for your furry friends. It's completely salt and chloride free - so it won't irritate pets' paws or stomachs. Morton® Safe-T-PetT Ice Melt is also non-toxic,...

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Koala Bears - cute & endangered

Most of us, by now, know that koala are not really "bears."But did you also know that koalas are social animals and can communicate with each other over long distances? But the most important fact about koalas is that the impact of intense urbanization...

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