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THEY sure look strange, but could octopuses be extraterrestrials? 33 scientists think so. From being able to switch colour and shape to guessing footie results, the eight-armed sea-dwellers aren’t ...

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A zoo in northern Japan has culled 57 of its snow monkeys by lethal injection after discovering they carried the genes of an "invasive alien species". Takagoyama Nature Zoo in Chiba said DNA testing ...

Small, black and red and highly venomous, the thought of a black widow nearby is enough to make most people break out in a cold sweat. But the fearsome reputation could be shared by something ...

Scientists claim a new map of the octopus genetic code has revealed a creature so strange that it could be an "alien". The creatures have a hugely complicated genome sequence, and have more ...

A zoo in northern Japan has culled 57 of its snow monkeys by lethal injection after discovering they carried the genes of an "invasive alien species". Takagoyama Nature Zoo in Chiba said DNA testing ...