Oceanography
Positioning waves cause whales to die in mass
When about 100 whales strayed into the shallow waters of Loza of Madagascar in May and June 2008, scientists suspected that underwater positioning waves played a role in…
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Archeology
Catacombs contain more than 50 mummies of Egyptian royalty
Discovered by a stray goat, a grave on the cliff in Thebes, Egypt, which is home to dozens of pharaoh's mummies, queens and princesses from many dynasties.
Space science
The stray 8.5-ton space station will create
Experts predict China's 8.5-ton Thien Cung 1 space station will crash into Earth in early 2018.
Space science
Huge black hole strayed in the galaxy
A black hole about 100,000 times more massive than the Sun is knocked out of its position and is moving in the galaxy.
Animal world
Asian lions are about to become extinct because of a pandemic from wild dogs
In the past 1 month, at least 23 lions have died in the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and the Gujarat State Park in western India.
Animal world
Touching the moment the cat is determined to pull your body to safety
The clip captures the moment when a stray cat tried to drag the body of his friend, another cat who had died from earlier because of a car crash.
Animal world
The mock serpent died to deceive the stray cat
Eastern snakes Hognose is capable of writhing and secreting unpleasant odors to ward off predators.
Animal world
The black elephant 'strum' is close to the white elephants
The young elephant, though black, did not appear to be in the middle of the pack but still close to 5 other white elephants.
Animal world
Baby elephants stray into good prey for lions
The tragic outcome for the stray elephant became a lion's dinner after more than 30 minutes of chasing.
Animal world
Seals stray between forests in Sweden
Local media reported that a man who saw an under-mature seal in a forest in eastern Sweden on March 24, AFP said.
Animal world
The cat strayed over 300km to go home
A bones-only cat appeared in a family in Florida, USA, on the occasion of the New Year's Eve.
Animal world
Catch a red-faced monkey who strayed into people's houses
On September 21, the People's Committee of An Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh said that an individual red-faced monkey belonging to the wild type II b grou…
Animal world
Strange monkey raising cats
A monkey in the forest near Bali, Indonesia is nurturing and protecting a small cat like his own child.
Animal world
Why do Asian migratory birds stop in Europe?
Scientists have studied thousands of reports of Asian birds from the warbler to the stray birds who have strayed to Europe. They discovered the distance from the breedin…
Animal world
Whales escape to the sea after many days of straying
After nearly a week of drifting into a sub-branch of the Sacramento River, nearly 115 km from the Pacific Ocean, two humpback whales began swimming back into the sea las…