Gecko tails continue to flail about after they've been shed, diverting a predator's attention and giving the gecko a better chance at escape. James Williams takes a look at the video.
Dogs may be more like humans than previously thought. A new study shows how dogs are able to mimic human behavior, which may shed light into what makes humans behavior unique. Kasey-Dee Gardner reports.
Cornell University researchers have published a new study which shows how the toothy, lighting-fast barracuda attacks its prey -- it slices it in half, scissor-style.
Standing water makes a perfect home for mosquitos to breed, and thunderstorms can dump buckets of water in the summer months. Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out if a wet summer will lead to a mosquito boom.
This Week in Discovery News we explore if humans are still evolving, assess whether we want to take a ride on the Titanic II and check into Al Qaeda's use of a porn video to store coded messages.
The Mekong region in Southeast Asia is home to more than a thousand new plant and animal species, says the World Wildlife Fund. But challenges are ahead in balancing conservation and growth.
Jorge Ribas reports.
Instead of Survival of the fittest, Darwin calls it the Survival of the best adapted. In this clip from Assignment Discovery on Discovery Channel Darwin's believes are compared to that of Hitler and other powerful people through history, and the ...
Mutations in Bacteria supports the ideas of Darwin. These days the Bacteria mutate very quickly and become resistant to the drugs we have available. Assignment Discovery on Discovery Channel investigates further.
Contracted from infected under cooked pork or infected human feces, the Pork Tapeworm can create cysts in human tissue, sometimes growing in the brain making it impossible to kill.
This parasite has adapted to afix itself to humans in water, where it burns a hole in your skin and burrows deep inside you. Once inside it migrates towards the brain and acts very much like a brain tumor.
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