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.
May 2, 2016 New evidence: South American monkeys came from Africa The evolutionary mystery of how monkeys arrived in South America may have been solved.
May 2, 2016 Nearly 200 whales stranded on New Zealand beach; 2 dozen dead A huge rescue effort is underway to save nearly 200 pilot whales stranded on a beach in New Zealand’s South Island.
May 2, 2016 Rare case of conjoined lizard twins reported at zoo In a first-of-its-kind case, a pair of conjoined lizards called Quince monitor lizards were discovered at a German zoo, according to a new report.
May 2, 2016 Chimps can learn foreign 'dialects,' experiment shows Zookeepers at Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo began a fascinating social experiment in 2010: They put a group of chimpanzees raised locally in the Netherlands together with a group of chimps raised in Scotland.
May 2, 2016 Golden mussel poses threat to Amazon River The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes — a tiny mussel invading from China.
