October 21, 2015 DNA tool helping biologists find elusive or invasive species When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the water, like clues left behind at a crime scene.
October 21, 2015 First ever remains of baby woolly rhino discovered in Siberia You might have heard of the woolly mammoth, but paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved baby woolly rhinoceros in Siberia’s Sakha Republic. The remains are believed to be at least 10,000 years old. The first images from the rare find were released by the Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk, which is the capital of the Sakha Republic, reports the Siberian Times. This is the first time that the remains of a baby woolly rhino has been discovered.
October 21, 2015 Officials begin testing mysterious goo linked to San Francisco Bay Area bird deaths San Francisco Bay Area officials have begun laboratory tests and necropsies on dead seabirds found coated with a mysterious substance that looks and feels like dirty rubber cement.
October 21, 2015 Grand Canyon gray wolf may have been shot in Utah After a 500-mile (800 kilometers) trek across the West, a lone wolf's journey may have come to an end this weekend
October 21, 2015 Seals may have 'natural GPS' While hunting, Weddell seals have biological adaptations that allow them to dive deep, as much as of hundreds of meters, but also an uncanny ability to find the breathing holes they need on the surface of the ice. Now, researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) believe they have figured out they do it: by using the Earth's magnetic field as a natural GPS
October 21, 2015 Two-headed baby salamander isn't radioactive, but it is weird Just call them "Arne" and "Sebastian." Those are the monikers given to the two separate heads of one baby salamander that was born last week in a lab in Israel.
October 21, 2015 Atlanta father shares what it’s like to perform C-section on a shark Atlanta-based money manager Ron Hughes certainly did not expect to perform an impromptu C-section on a shark – and saving three baby ‘pups’ in the process – when he decided to take an early evening beachside stroll during the Memorial Day weekend. Flash forward six months later and even more unexpected was the fact that a video of Hughes performing the spur-of-the-moment medical procedure would go viral, circulating across social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
October 21, 2015 Zookeepers, public outraged over baby gorilla's death at San Francisco Zoo Earlier this month, tragedy struck the San Francisco Zoo when Kabibe, a 16-month-old gorilla popular with visitors, was crushed to death by an electric door during a routine night transfer in the zoo’s gorilla enclosure. Following the Nov. 7 incident, the zoo has faced criticism from the public and even five of its own zookeepers who assert that the three decades-old enclosure is not only understaffed, but also has had long-standing problems with its doors and outdated layout, according to an article published by the San Francisco Chronicle.
