Did you ever watch Game of Thrones or read the books the series was based on, A Song of Ice and Fire? Well guess what...dire wolves are real and have been brought back from extinction. It's been more than 10,000 years since the last one was known to be alive one Earth. How did that happen? Genetic engineering. Read the full story here.
Everyone knows that fish are ectothermic (cold-blooded), right? As it turns out, the Opah, or Moonfish, is the first endothermic (warm-blooded) fish to ever be discovered. Click here to read more about it on LiveScience.com.
Hermit crabs don't grow their own shells; they have to find one whose owner has died. Click here to watch hermit crabs organize themselves into a "conga line" from largest to smallest to do a shell swap.
Ebola is still wreaking havoc in parts of the world, with the potential to become an epidemic. Click here to read about progress which is being made in monkey studies to help the immune system mount a defense against Ebola. Click here to watch a short video explaining the basics of the Ebola virus.