A panda once believed to be male and sent to Japan to breed with a female without success gave birth to twin cubs this week, state media reported today. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Myra Nicholson (December 14, 1894 – September 20, 2007) was the oldest living Australian and the eleventh oldest validated person in the world following the September 15, 2007 death of French doyenne Marie-Simone Capony. picked by punthe 11 months ago

Texas Tech University used computer programs originally designed for aircraft to analyze the probable flight characteristics of Argentavis magnificens, a giant bird that lived in South America 6 million years ago. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Scientists in Australia announced on Friday they had found the jawbone of a giant wombat the size of a large car that lived 20,000-40,000 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 77-year-old Tokyo man who apparently died several days ago had been living with his wife's corpse for the past several months, police said. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died? picked by super 1 year ago

Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years. picked by punthe 1 year ago

A release from the ''Paul Harvey News'' office says Lynne Harvey died early Saturday at their home in suburban River Forest after a yearlong battle with leukemia. Her age was not immediately available.

Update: She was 92

-Good day. picked by punthe 4 months ago

Eighteen panda cubs living in China's Wolong Nature Reserve have been named at a ceremony in Sichuan province. picked by scobrakid 6 months ago

A giant fork sculpture, created in 1995 by Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and Georges Favre, is pictured on the shores of Lake Leman in front of the Alimentarium, the Food Museum, in Vevey June 4, 2008. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

His assistant Linda Bridges says Buckley died Wednesday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. She says he had been ill with emphysema and was found dead by his cook. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

AN ANGUS couple are recovering from shock after a giant ice cube plummeted from the sky at hundreds of miles an hour and smashed into their roof. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Swollen to ten times their normal size and weighing more than an average man, these giant pumpkins would not look out of place in a science fiction film. picked by topofall 3 months ago

How cool is a Giant Walk-In Colon???

I'm just sayin' picked by moe 4 months ago

The largest giant squid ever caught in Australian waters has been dissected, revealing several hearts and chainsaw-like teeth. [Video]
Update to this article:
picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

A giant outline of Homer Simpson brandishing a doughnut was enough to make even pagans go "D'oh". picked by DaftGretel 1 year ago

A woman threw herself into battle with a giant snake after it tried to strangle her pet dog to death. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Related to Muppetmaker's Robotic Animal post, this giant little girl takes a shower from one of the elephants then takes a stroll from Horseguard's Parade, through St James' Park and then into Uncanny Valley.

A little more info here picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

Astronomers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have discovered a new cluster of galaxies, hidden behind a previously identified cluster of galaxies. The recently exposed cosmic giant is apparently just as bright as the first group, but is six times further away. The astronomers made the discovery as part of an international team using the space telescope XMM-Newton. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

They're All Dead: Christopher Keeley posts lots of photos of and commentary about the many friends he has made and lost during his years in the intervention business. Everyone pictured is dead and includes the reasons they died. Some of the pictures contain nudity and are NSFW. picked by doggylives 5 months ago