Seal pups were dying from a ‘corkscrew killer’ on a Canadian island. It turned out to be cannibals.
Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is home to the world’s largest gray seal breeding colony — and the site of a gruesome,...
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Scurvy-plagued whalers’ remains discovered at ‘Corpse Point’ on Arctic island
Archaeologists investigating a 17th-century graveyard in the High Arctic are uncovering evidence of the perils that plagued early modern whalers, including extensive physical labor in...
Scientists discover deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish near Singapore’s ‘Island of Death Behind’
Scientists have described a new species of highly venomous box jellyfish based on specimens that were lurking near a Singaporean island formerly known as Pulau...
Aoshima: Japan’s tiny ‘Cat Island’ where felines hugely outnumber humans
QUICK FACTS Name: Aoshima Location: Ehime prefecture, Japan Coordinates: 33.7361, 132.4812 Why it’s incredible: Cats outnumber humans by about 27 to 1. Aoshima is a...