The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) can deliver an electrical jolt that is similar to a taser. The shock is surprisingly strong enough to knock down a full-grown horse, according to a report.
This year is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, year on record, a U.N. weather agency on Wednesday rejected claims that global warming has paused.
A team of researchers discovered that the humpback whales, which generally live in the Arabian Sea are the most isolated whale population of the Earth. The study suggested that this humpback remains separated from other humpback for more than 70,000 years.
Giraffe numbers are decreasing across Africa due to increased levels of poaching and habitat loss caused by human population growth, according to wildlife experts.
If you are like the many millions of Americans who have already gotten their flu shot this year, new research shows that the current flu vaccine may not be a good match for the most common seasonal flu strain currently circulating in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday in an advisory to doctors.
Al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate released a video Wednesday night showing an American hostage on camera for the first time and threatened to kill him in three days if U.S. President Barack Obama doesn't "meet our demands".
Months after nude pictures of many celebrities were leaked, Kim Kardashian has reacted to the issue.
Venezuela has indicted a female hardline opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, and the country's Chief Prosecutor has launched a probe into the politician's alleged part in the plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, the state prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
Almost 8 percent of Americans aged 12 and older were moderately to severely depressed during 2009 to 2012 and 1 in 8 middle age people, a U.S. health officials reported Wednesday.
Whether a person may or may not be able to quit smoking may depend heavily on activity in the brain's self-control center, according to a new study.
George R R Martin is hard at work writing " Winds of Winter", the sixth book in the Games of Thrones series and promises to publish it soon.
The Takata Corp. embroiled in the faulty airbag controversy has defied the National Highway Traffic Administration's deadline to issue a nationwide recall of its airbags.
An American teacher, a mother of twins, was killed in a restroom of a mall in Abu Dhabi Monday, according to police.
Just a day after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed two senior cabinet ministers from his divided government, Israel announced Wednesday that it will hold snap elections March 17, 2015.
In what has been termed as the discovery of more than 200 year old "vampire graves", scientists have unearthed remains of six people, who were believed to be vampires, in a Polish graveyard.
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