May 2, 2016 Weird 'water tongue' lets fish feed on land A fish that uses water as a sort of tongue to feed on land could shed light on how animals with backbones first invaded land, researchers say
May 2, 2016 More bighorn lambs spotted on Tucson-area mountains State wildlife officials say they are cautiously optimistic after counting 15 bighorn lambs in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.
May 2, 2016 Humans butchered elephants 500,000 years ago, ancient tool suggests Stone tools that are half a million years old have been unearthed in Israel — and they still have traces of elephant fat clinging to them
May 2, 2016 Yeti debate swirls: Study reveals origin of mysterious hairs The yeti, a legendary shaggy, bipedal beast from the Himalayas, made headlines last year when a geneticist said he had solved the mystery of its origins.
May 2, 2016 17-million-year-old whale skull helps place humanity's first steps A 17-million-year-old beaked whale fossil is helping researchers solve a puzzle about the likely birthplace of humanity in East Africa, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Santa Barbara Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe Asha The Santa Barbara Zoo welcomed a new addition to its giraffe herd over the weekend with the birth of Asha, a 6-foot-4-inches tall, 182-pound calf. The tall baby was born March 14 at 4:55 a.m. ET, and met fellow calf, Buttercup, a male that was born in November, the following day.
May 2, 2016 'America's great migration:' Thousands of cranes meet along Nebraska river Right now, visitors from around the world are flocking to the banks of the Platte River near Kearney, Neb. to see what Bill Taddicken, director of the Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary, calls “one of the last great migrations remaining” on Earth. From March through early April, about 600,000 sandhill cranes — nearly 90 percent of the world’s total sandhill population – will make a stop at the Nebraskan river, something of a pit stop on the “Central Flyway,” their path to breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska, and as far away as Siberia.
May 2, 2016 Baby great white sharks surprise Southern California beachgoers Cue the John Williams score – there’ve been great white shark sightings very close off the shores of the beach at Ventura, Calif. But, experts say, this is nothing worry about – these are “Jaws” of the baby variety. About eight to 10 juvenile sharks have been spotted sticking close to the warmest, shallowest areas near the coastline.
May 2, 2016 Arachnid love: Female wolf spiders use dragline silk to snag a mate Sometimes a lady spider has to show off the goods. New research shows that female wolf spiders increase their dragline silk advertisements to get otherwise uninterested males’ attention.
May 2, 2016 Photo first: Rare tiger family portrait For the first time, conservationists have spotted an Amur tiger dad leading his family along a snowy trail in Russia's Far East forests
