October 21, 2015 New digs for chimps: Move afoot to begin retiring hundreds of federal research primates For the first time in their lives, four aging chimpanzees once used in federal research can go outside whenever they like. They can lie on the grass, clamber onto a platform 20 feet up on a chimp-style jungle gym and gaze freely at the open sky, the vista unbroken by steel bars.
October 21, 2015 Apes get iPads at National Zoo Orangutans at the Smithsonian's National Zoo are now using iPad apps to keep occupied
October 21, 2015 Georgia girl, 8, recalls painful dolphin bite at SeaWorld An 8-year-old Georgia girl says it "really, really hurt" when a dolphin snatched her hand in its mouth while she fed the animal as part of an attraction at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla.
October 21, 2015 'Bigfoot' is part human, DNA study claims Genetic testing confirms the legendary Bigfoot is a human relative that arose some 15,000 years ago — at least according to a press release issued by a company called DNA Diagnostics detailing supposed work by a Texas veterinarian.
October 21, 2015 Idaho scientist hopes to spot Bigfoot from the sky The search for Bigfoot is taking to the sky -- if an Idaho scientist’s plan to float a blimp in search of Sasquatch gets the $300,000 he needs.
October 21, 2015 Sperm's quirky swimming techniques revealed A new technique allows scientists to track every move of more than 1,500 human sperm cells swimming simultaneously in a drop of water.
October 21, 2015 Study: Killing wolves means more livestock attacks Scientists have found that, contrary to what many people think, killing wolves does not always reduce attacks on livestock.
October 21, 2015 Loch Ness monster most likely large catfish, longtime watcher claims A man who has spent almost 25 years searching for the elusive Loch Ness monster has concluded that the creature is, in fact, a very large catfish.
October 21, 2015 Fanged frog species gives birth to live young Frogs and other amphibians lay eggs, but mammals give birth to live young, right? Not always.
October 21, 2015 Will purr for treats: How cats became domesticated Thousands of years ago, a wildcat first started lingering on the outskirts of a human camp, perhaps to eat the mice living in people's granaries.
