October 21, 2015 Molasses spill suffocating Hawaiian fish The spill that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor last week is suffocating the harbor's underwater inhabitants
October 21, 2015 850 snakes found at New York animal control officer's house Authorities in New York say they've found hundreds of snakes including two 6-foot Burmese pythons at an animal control officer's house.
October 21, 2015 The evolution of sea monsters on medieval maps The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book
October 21, 2015 125 million-year-old sneaky flea dined on flying reptiles A 125-million-year-old fossil flea has been unearthed in China.
October 21, 2015 US Atlantic puffin population in peril as fish stocks shift, ocean waters heat up The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world.
October 21, 2015 Cicadas emerge on East Coast by hundreds, billions more expected Cicada nymphs have been starting to crawl out of the ground in droves across the East Coast, and the highly anticipated emergence of the 17-year-old insects has been ramping up in the Mid-Atlantic in recent days
October 21, 2015 Russia launches animals into space on one-month journey An intrepid critter crew of geckos, mice and gerbils and other animals launched into orbit Friday to begin a month-long Russian experiment to study how space travel affects living creatures.
October 21, 2015 Conservations striving to keep Peter Cottontail's species off the endangered list The New England cottontail was once so common that Massachusetts author Thornton Burgess adapted one named Peter for the children's stories he penned a century ago.
October 21, 2015 Double-headed shark fetus netted by fisherman When a fisherman caught a bull shark recently off the Florida Keys, he came across an unlikely surprise: One of the shark's live fetuses had two heads.
October 20, 2015 Baby leopards come to San Diego zoo Meet Riki-san and Haui-san, a cute and clumsy pair of clouded leopard cubs that made their debut this week at the San Diego Zoo.