| Jul 20 | \'Human Fish\' Breaks Lifespan Record This small, blind salamander can live to be over 100 years old, easily outlasting other amphibians. |
| Jul 26 | Sharks Harbor Deadly Bacteria The finely serrated teeth of sharks are fearsome enough, but now scientists say that even touching the skin of a shark could harm you -- by infection. |
| Jul 25 | Animals: What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared? Shark populations worldwide are under enormous pressure due to overfishing. So what happens to an ecosystem when apex predators like sharks disappear? We talk to Discovery Channel shark advisor Andy DeHart to find out. |
| Jul 22 | Caterpillars Move Guts-First X-ray analysis shows the insects slide their guts ahead before moving the rest of their body in a unique form of motion that may inspire new robot designs. |
| Jul 21 | Scuba Divers Encounter Extinct Monkey Underwater Scuba divers encountered the remains of a 3,000-year-old extinct monkey in an underwater Dominican Republic cave. |
| Jul 29 | Australian Marsupials Share American Ancestor DNA data suggests Australian marsupials (kangaroos, koalas, and wallabies) migrated from South America, contradicting earlier theories that the animals originated in Australia. |
| Jul 21 | Animals: Caterpillars \'Gut Slide\' to Get Around Free-floating guts in caterpillars act like pistons helping the insects move. Researchers say this newly described form of locomotion, dubbed \'gut sliding,\' could aid in the design of soft-bodied robots. Jorge Ribas reports. |
| Jul 27 | Animals: Shark Finning Whistleblower On Gruesome Video When Randall Arauz put video of sharks being finned on Costa Rican television, people took notice. |
| Jul 27 | Dogs Sneak Food When We\'re Not Looking Dogs quietly sneak food when we\'re not looking, waiting for the perfect opportunity to bite, steal and nosh. |
| Jul 20 | Top 10 Longest Living Animals The Top 10 longest living animals are named. |
| Jul 21 | Engineering the Perfect Sled Dog Researchers think they\'ve determined the genetic markers for the most successful sled dog traits. |
| Jul 23 | World\'s Oldest Dog Debated A dog jaw bone fossil found in a Swiss cave may be the oldest evidence of human-canine companionship. |
| Jul 22 | New Octopus Species Discovered: Big Pic While diving into the waters of Antarctica to collect octopus venom, scientists stumbled onto a unique find. |
| Jul 27 | Dogs Automatically Imitate People Some dogs may look like their owners, but all dogs imitate their human companions. |
| Jul 26 | Presenting...The Grizzly Bear Naturalist Mark Fraser today shares a breathtaking video on the grizzly bear. |
| Jul 22 | Clouded Leopard Twins Make First Public Appearance: Big Pic Some 10,000 Clouded Leopards are believed to be in the wild and 40 are currently in zoos. |
| Jul 20 | Hundreds of Dead Penguins Wash Up in Brazil Scientists are investigating the causes of death, and the most likely scenario is exhaustion and hunger. |
| Jul 26 | Giant Rat Fossil Discovered The largest species of rat ever discovered was about 50 percent larger than the common black rat. |
| Jul 21 | Squirrels Getting Fatter With Climate Change A 33-year-long study shows that ground-dwelling squirrels are leaving hibernation earlier -- and eating more -- as the planet warms. |
| Jul 29 | Spanish Bullfighting: Beginning of the End? Animal rights activists claim Catalonia\'s ban will influence other regions to ban bullfighting, but some say it\'s here to stay. |