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Pattern-recognition software was used to analyze images supplied by a spider expert. ->

A creature with a long, snake-like body, many legs and a voracious appetite was recently discovered near Loch Ness in northern Scotland. ->

Eating fresh fish is part of a healthy diet. But if the fish we are eating are living on a diet that includes the garbage we are tossing in the ocean, then does that mean we are essentially eating our own trash? READ MORE: 175-Pound Gum Ball Made of 95,200 Pieces of Chewed Nicorette Sets [...]

In a recent interview with Groupon Grassroots (the community fundraising arm of discount dealer Groupon), actor Edward Norton spoke of his environmental conservation efforts around the globe -- just in time for Earth Day. That's right; if you didn't know, the star of Fight Club, American History X,...

"My father was a big-game hunter," John Kasaona tells me as we watch an African hawk eagle circling above us somewhere in the endless desert of northwestern Namibia. "We never went hungry. He would kill an elephant and we would eat biltong for six months. My dad would wrap the tusks in blankets and...

A new animal-recognition system capitalizes on zebra stripes.

The "top 40 nature photographs of all time," as selected by the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), will be auctioned by Christie's International on April 22 in honor of Earth Day.