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LOS ANGELES (AP) – A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish.

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Alligator hunters in Mississippi broke the state's record for the biggest gator ever caught. Dustin Bockman and his two partners captured the male alligator Sunday after chasing it for two hours on the Mississippi River.
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A new species of shark that “walks” along the seabed using its fins as tiny legs has been discovered in eastern Indonesia, an environmental group said Friday.

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Wolves howl when they're separated from their closest friends, according to a new study published in Current Biology. As highly social animals, wolves will howl more frequently when a close friend has wandered away from the pack, the study found.

Ancient Egyptian beads found in a 5,000-year-old tomb were made from iron meteorites that fell to Earth from space, according to a new study. The beads, which are the oldest known iron artifacts in the world, were crafted roughly 2,000 years before Egypt's Iron Age.

Green Lake in Tragoess, Austria, doubles as a park and a lake bed. In the winter, it’s a park, complete with hiking trails and park benches. When the ice and snow on the mountains melt during the summer, the lake fills up. All the trees, trails, and benches are still there, but you need scuba gear to see them.

China's Yunnan province is known as the "Kingdom of Mushrooms" for its rich diversity of more than 600 species of edible fungi.

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Single males between the ages of 18 and 25 change their bed sheets about four times a year, according to a new survey that should surprise no one who ever met a male in that age range.

The bizarre-looking body of an unidentified sea creature washed up on the shores of a Spanish beach last week, setting off wild speculation that a sea monster from the deep had been discovered.

Do you use the more creative side of your noggin' or the more intellectual area? Well, whether you have a desk job or work from home as a painter, a new study shows that despite the popular myth that 'right-brained' people tend to be more creative and the inverse, more logical, there is no scientific evidence to support this theory.

This giant mammal bears the name of its finder, Georg Steller, the researcher who first saw it in the waters of Commander Islands. With a length going to 8-9 meters and a weight between 8 and 10 tons, the Steller Sea Cow was the giant from the depths. The black and thick skin, the small head and the toothless mouth gives it the image of a scary but friendly giant. The last specimen died in 1768, and in this way, the science has lost one subject of research.

Move over, Jaws. There's a new monster from the deep. A mysterious "sea monster" carcass washed ashore in New Zealand, puzzling the public and fueling speculation about the existence of dinosaurs and monsters, according to Fox News.

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Many are familiar with the Loch Ness Monster myth -- an ancient sea monster supposedly blurks beneath the surface of Scotland's Loch Ness. In fact, legend even claims that the appearance of the Loch Ness monster is often accompanied by alarming tremors that shake the earth. Many also believe that the Loch Ness monster is a surviving prehistoric Plesiosaur that calls the Loch Ness its home.