Fourteen-foot-long rays—perhaps the largest freshwater fish—are thriving not far from Bangkok. But overfishing may still threaten the giants.
Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam, giving scientists hope for the species they believed was extinct in the wild.
... around the globe have observed an astonishing and rare
change in Jupiter's atmosphere -- a huge disturbance churning in the
middle northern latitudes of the planet as two giant storms erupted.
Japan's oldest giant panda, Ling Ling, a longtime star at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, died Wednesday of heart failure, zookeepers said.
... Jodi Johnson-Maynard, an associate professor in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, said an earthworm that was most likely a giant Palouse earthworm was found in early March near Moscow.
Cayman Island authorities investigate the killing of six critically endangered giant blue iguanas.
Edinburgh Zoo enters into negotiations to bring a pair of giant pandas from China to Scotland.
Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said.
See "Fusion Man" fly via a jet-powered wing on his back, a giant beetle escape a smuggler, volcanic ash falling eerily, and more.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Scientists in Australia hope a giant cardboard image of a kangaroo, photographed from space on Tuesday, will help them better understand how the earth reflects sunlight and give ...
... 2005 and 2007 suggest the ring was produced by a giant flare originally detected in 1998. Stefanie ... Adds Wachter: “We think that the ring was created when a giant flare from the SGR (soft gamma repeater ...
A team of astronauts working inside and out anchored a giant billion-dollar Japanese lab to the international space station Tuesday, making it the biggest room there.
... make detailed observations of galaxies at various distances, to see how the universe evolved.
"Constructing giant telescopes provides a strong rationale for doing astronomy from the moon," says Chen. ...
A BBC film crew captures the giant panda's full courtship and mating - from boisterous beginning to noisy ending.
Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little ...
