January 28, 2016 Scientists give new lease on life for near-extinct Hawaiian crow Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Hawaiian crow, a critical step to saving a species that is on the brink of extinction.
January 28, 2016 New chameleon with blue spots found in Tanzania A new species of chameleon with scattered blue spots has been found in the mountains of Tanzania, underscoring the richness of this biologically important region.
January 26, 2016 Extremely rare white giraffe spotted in Tanzania An extremely rare white giraffe has been spotted at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania.
January 25, 2016 New bird with amazing voice 'like Adele' discovered in India A new species of forest thrush has been discovered in a remote region of northeastern India, only the fourth new bird discovered in the country since independence in 1947.
January 22, 2016 Scientists discover five extinct species of bird Scientists have discovered five extinct species of bird in Madeira and the Azores.
January 22, 2016 Surgeon claims he successfully transplanted monkey head A "maverick surgeon" claims to have successfully put one monkey's head on another monkey's body, bringing the doctor one step closer to the first human head transplant, New Scientist reports.
January 22, 2016 Scientists ID new genus of tree frogs long thought extinct For more than a century, two mysterious tree frog specimens collected by a British naturalist in 1870 and housed at the Natural History Museum in London were assumed to be part of a vanished species, never again found in the wild. Until now.
January 21, 2016 Fueled by demand from Asia, rhino poaching hits record across Africa It was another bad year for rhinos in Africa.
January 18, 2016 Florida declares open season on pythons in annual challenge Barefoot and accompanied by his beagle and Big Bill Booth, Dusty Crum eagerly set out to hunt, catch and/or kill as many Burmese Pythons as possible.
January 18, 2016 Shark found near death in Florida swimming pool Nicole Bonk could be forgiven for thinking she was at an aquarium when she approached the swimming pool of a Florida condominium.
