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The Andean Condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world. It has a wingspan of up to 3.5 meters (138 inches), weighs about 25 lbs and can stand up 1.25 meters (49 inches) tall. It is also the national symbol of some South American States including Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. However, thanks to a loss of habitat and aggressive hunting by humans, the majestic bird is now close to extinction....

A simple hand-powered, suction-healing pump invented by Danielle Zurovcik, a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may just be the answer to helping people with wounds in developing countries....

Yesterday's spectacular explosion of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökul volcano partly melted the glacier above and not only caused a major flood resulting in the evacuation of seven hundred people, but has also left air passengers stranded across six continents!...

Who would have guessed that the world's largest living land animal - the mighty African elephant, would be scared of the honeybee and flee at the mere sound of this tiny creature!...

Barring a few known species of single-celled bacteria, scientists have maintained that all living organisms need oxygen to survive. Now, some marine biologists believe that they may have discovered a species of metazoa or multi-celled animals, that can survive without O2 !...

The, a for elementary school children enrolled in 3rd to 6th grade, recently announced the winners of this year's challenge. While they came from different parts of the country and ranged from 4th to 6th graders, they all had one thing in common - A great original idea....

Last week, workers at a Gulf of Mexico offshore oil rig received the shock of their lives, when one of their submarines emerged with this astonishingly scary looking creature - One that very few people have ever had a chance to encounter....

After several months of grueling tests and trials, scientists have finally declared a winner in the search for the world's strongest insect -The Onthophagus Taurus, also known as, the male horned dung beetle, an insect that spends its entire life inside cattle dung!...

We humans have learned that bubble baths go a long way in soothing frazzled nerves and helping us relax. Now, a scientist from Harvard University in Cambridge, believes that giving our waters the same treatment, may have a similar effect on our Planet, and help stop or at least slow down global warming....