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Can You Spot the Snow Leopards in These Photos?

A snow leopard is seen camouflaged against a mountain near the Indian Himalayas on Feb. 18, 2014. (David 'Baz' Jenkins/Caters News Agency) A snow leopard is seen, highlighted and magnified in yellow, camouflaged against a mountain near the Indian Himalayas on Feb. 18, 2014. (David 'Baz' Jenkins/Caters News Agency) A snow leopard is seen camouflaged against a mountain near the Indian Hi

Caught On Camera: Caught On Camera: Snake Devours Crocodile After 5 Hour Battle Devours Crocodile After 5 Hour Battle

Caught On Camera: Snake Devours Crocodile after 5 Hour Battle A SNAKE fought, wrestled and then ate a crocodile whole following a dramatic five-hour long battle. The incident was captured on camera by author Tiffany Corlis at Lake Moondarra in Queensland, Australia. The snake - thought to be python measuring around 10ft - constricted the croc to death, before dragging it to shore and eating it

How Fire Tornadoes Form (PHOTOS)

As if tornados aren't bad enough on their own, sometimes air can swirl around and make a whirlwind that has considerable amounts of water (waterspout), dirt (dust devils), or even fire (fire whirl). No sharks, however. Sharknadoes are definitely not a real thing. But who needs that when there are literally cyclones made out of FIRE?! Fire whirls aren’t associated with thunderstorms and aren

Couple starved their pet dog Lola for SIX WEEKS… making her so thin you ‘could see every bone in her body’

These stark pictures clearly show the ravages of poor Lola's body after her own owners starved her for six weeks. The animal's spine, ribs and leg bones are clearly visible after Jennifer Plater and Michael Knight's shocking display of ill treatment of the weimaraner breed. Plater, 39, and her 40-year-old partner failed to turn up at court to face joint charges of causing unnecessary suffering t

“Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?”

Looked at in the context of our planet's history, what we're doing to Earth appears dire indeed. —By Chris Mooney Fox/National Geographic If you've been reading my semi-regular dispatches about the Fox and National Geographic series Cosmos—far and away the most rational show on television—then you know that for some time, I've been not-so-subtly predicting that the program was going to

The shocking images of a lioness whose leg was almost ripped off after being gored by a buffalo – and amazingly SURVIVED

Help arrives: Dr Njoroge and members of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust operate on 11-year-old Sienna in the middle of the Masai Mara region A lioness whose leg was almost ripped off when a male buffalo gored her has made an incredible recovery thanks to emergency vets who flew out to treat her horrific wound. The team of vets scrambled to the middle of the Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Ke

12 owl species with irresistible faces

Owls have some of the most unforgettable faces in the avian kingdom. With their huge eyes and abundant feathers, owls demand our attention. These 18 species in particular have faces with expressions just begging for a caption. Owls are rather unusual in the bird kingdom. They have huge eyes that are fixed in their sockets, and feathers that help form flatter, more rounded faces than other bir

Scientists Discover Egyptian Secret to Making the Pyramids:

Image of the pyramids via sculpies/Shutterstock. Scientists are plagued by a number of questions regarding ancient times. On of the most perplexing is how the ancient Egyptians moved the huge stones needed to build the pyramids. The stones were often as much as 2.5 tons, and without the assistance of modern technology, moving material of this size and weight is a truly amazing feat. Individua

The Amazing Mating Dance of the Peacock Spider

This is the peacock spider Maratus volans. Jürgen Otto was the first to film this spider's mating dance. Credit: Jürgen Otto View full size image The animal dances and lifts up its tail-flap, which, once unfurled, resembles an abstract Indian blanket of intense color. The tiny creature hops about, lifts up its legs alternately like an air traffic controller, gesturing this way and that