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.
January 18, 2016 This Brazilian frog pulls out all the stops in the name of love Much like a couple in a noisy city, one species of frog has to do plenty to catch the eye of a prospective mate.
January 10, 2016 Mountain lion found with unusual deformity A mountain lion, which was legally killed by an unidentified hunter nearly two weeks ago, was found to have an unexplainable set of teeth growing out of the side of his head.
January 9, 2016 183-year-old giant tortoise gets new lease on life thanks to healthier diet Jonathan the 183-year-old giant tortoise has been given a new lease of life thanks to a healthy diet.
January 6, 2016 Judge rules monkey cannot own selfie photos copyright A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that a macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs cannot be declared the copyright owner of the photos.
