October 21, 2015 Only 600 whooping cranes left, and 3 were just shot The endangered whooping crane population currently stands at only about 600 in all of North America—and shootings are cutting into that number.
October 21, 2015 Elephant fat camp in the works Zoo elephants frequently pack on extra pounds, so a Silicon Valley entrepreneur — to be assisted by Oakland zoo staff — is proposing an elephant fat farm. The planned reserve would help get the corpulent pachyderms in better shape, according to planning documents submitted to California’s Tehama County, where the facility will likely be located.
October 21, 2015 'Fishimal' was part fish, part limbed animal Fossils for a creature that looked part fish and part limbed animal were recently found in northern Canada, a paper in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.
October 21, 2015 Real-life smoking caterpillar uses nicotine as defense Ripped from the pages of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," scientists have discovered a smoking caterpillar of sorts
October 21, 2015 Sharks use Twitter to warn swimmers Scientists attach transmitters to hundreds of sharks, including great whites, to monitor their movements near public beaches.
October 21, 2015 Caught on camera: Scientists film Rudolph's glowing nose The tale of Rudolph's red nose has long been a Christmas classic -- and now researchers in Sweden have caught the reindeer's glowing nose on camera.
October 21, 2015 18-foot-long oarfish found off California coast A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish.
October 21, 2015 Bizarre sighting: Toad swallows a bat whole What's the matter, bat got your tongue? A park ranger in northwest Peru got a surprise when he encountered a toad with something in its mouth.
October 21, 2015 9 endangered venomous vipers born at St. Louis Zoo Nine venomous baby ocellate mountain vipers were born at the St. Louis Zoo this August. The orange-brownish spotted snakes were thought to be extinct for 140 years only to be rediscovered in 1983.
