May 2, 2016 60,000 antelopes died in 4 days - and no one knows why It started in late May. When geoecologist Steffen Zuther and his colleagues arrived in central Kazakhstan to monitor the calving of one herd of saigas, a critically endangered, steppe-dwelling antelope, veterinarians in the area had already reported dead animals on the ground.
May 2, 2016 Battle of the reptiles: Video captures fight between python and cobra It’s a reptilian battle between the creepy crawlies. A video of two deadly snakes – a python and a king cobra – on a street in Singapore has been making the rounds online. Passersby looked on, as the two snakes twisted around one another, the Telegraph reports.
May 2, 2016 'Big brain' gene found in humans, not chimps A single gene may have paved the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells found in a key brain region
May 2, 2016 Video captures octopus grabbing crab in surprise land attack An incredible video has captured the moment when an octopus leaps from a rock pool to launch a surprise attack on a crab before dragging the unfortunate crustacean to its death.
May 2, 2016 Ancient croc with 'shovel mouth' likely enjoyed clam dinners A peg-toothed crocodile relative with a mouth like a shovel lived in the prehistoric swamps of Peru about 13 million years ago, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Rarest big cat on Earth starting to make a comeback Things are starting to look up for the rarest big cat on the planet: The critically endangered Amur leopard, which is indigenous to southeastern Russia and parts of northeastern China, has doubled in population since 2007, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
May 2, 2016 Hippo's 'shrunken' ancestor was hardly bigger than a sheep The first hippos may have been about the size of overgrown sheep
May 2, 2016 'Fake' fossil is actually 189 million-year-old remains of undiscovered species For 30 years, an overlooked dinosaur fossil at the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery in Doncaster, U.K. was believed to be a plastic replica of an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric aquatic reptile. Thanks to the work of one young paleontologist, not only was the fossil found to be real, but it is 189 million-year-old remains of a previously unknown species of the ancient reptile.
May 2, 2016 New sea dragon species flaunts ruby-red skin For the first time in 150 years, researchers have found a new species of sea dragon, a marine creature with "unusual red coloration," according to a new study.
May 2, 2016 Bald eagle lays egg, becomes Internet sensation A livecam placed above a nest in Decorah, Iowa, has turned a family of bald eagles into Internet celebrities.
