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Meet The Alligator Gar, The 100-Million-Year-Old ‘Megafish’ That Humans Almost Wiped Out

Meet The Alligator Gar, The 100-Million-Year-Old ‘Megafish’ That Humans Almost Wiped Out

The alligator gar fish, aka Atractosteus spatula, is often found in Texas and weighs up to 350 pounds while measuring up to 10 feet long.
Stressed Elephants Will Be Medicated With Marijuana At Warsaw Zoo

Stressed Elephants Will Be Medicated With Marijuana At Warsaw Zoo

The novel treatment program has yet to begin, but early trials on one of the elephants suggests that they like it.
Meet The Glass Frog, The Transparent Amphibian That’s Baffled Scientists And Foiled Predators

Meet The Glass Frog, The Transparent Amphibian That’s Baffled Scientists And Foiled Predators

Found in the rainforests of Central and South America, glass frogs are some of the only partially see-through land animals on Earth — and their transparency is their greatest strength.
Police Seize $200,000 Cash And Hallucinogenic Mushrooms From California’s Zide Door Church

Police Seize $200,000 Cash And Hallucinogenic Mushrooms From California’s Zide Door Church

Authorities raided the Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants and seized $200,000 in cash and its stash of pot and psilocybin.
California Man Defends His Home From Wildfire With Cans Of Bud Light

California Man Defends His Home From Wildfire With Cans Of Bud Light

Still rebuilding after another fire destroyed his house years ago, California resident Chad Little risked his life to defend his property — armed only with a 30-pack of Bud Light.
Meet The Japanese Spider Crab, The ‘Daddy Long Legs Of The Sea’

Meet The Japanese Spider Crab, The ‘Daddy Long Legs Of The Sea’

With a leg span of 13 feet, the Japanese spider crab is the biggest crab in the world — and the stuff of nightmares in Japanese folklore.
Inside The Turbulent Antebellum Period — And What Really Happened Before The Civil War

Inside The Turbulent Antebellum Period — And What Really Happened Before The Civil War

Consisting of the decades before the Civil War, the Antebellum Era was a complicated time period in American history largely defined by brutal slavery in the South.
Biologists Found A Supergiant ‘Sea Cockroach’ And Named It After Darth Vader

Biologists Found A Supergiant ‘Sea Cockroach’ And Named It After Darth Vader

Not only is it 30 times larger than other isopod species, but it's also the first new giant isopod species found in over a decade.
Meet The Barreleye Fish, The Deep-Sea Lurker That Hunts Using Shadows

Meet The Barreleye Fish, The Deep-Sea Lurker That Hunts Using Shadows

The barreleye might look like a submarine, but its transparent head is necessary to navigate the 2,500-feet-deep waters in which it lives.
How The Nightmare Tongue-Eating Louse Parasite Replaces A Fish’s Tongue

How The Nightmare Tongue-Eating Louse Parasite Replaces A Fish’s Tongue

The tongue-eating louse is the only known parasite that can functionally replace a host's organ.
The Story Of Mary Church Terrell, The Fearless Black Suffragist You Didn’t Learn About In History Class

The Story Of Mary Church Terrell, The Fearless Black Suffragist You Didn’t Learn About In History Class

One of the first Black women to receive a college degree, Mary Church Terrell advocated for women's suffrage and racial equality long before either cause was popular.