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.
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.
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.
The Giant Pacific Octopus is smarter than you might think. And at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, Jorge Ribas watches one use its wits - and many arms - to get a snack.
Have you ever noticed when you scratch a dog their leg starts twitching like crazy? This week Kasey-Dee Gardner talks to a veterinarian to find out why that happens.
On the rocky desert floor, two menacing night-fighters go head to head. Size, speed and tactics will matter - and both have the skills to finish each other off. Watch to see who will win the battle between these two deadly bugs!
On Animal Planet's "What's to Love?," Mosquitoes kill more humans than any other insect, as they spread a variety of diseases. Only female mosquitoes bite, because they need a special protein to lay eggs.
On Animal Planet's "Fooled by Nature," this pesky bloodsucking creature heavily influences the migration of the caribou. Caribou will go miles out of their way just to avoid the stinging bites of the mosquito.
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