October 20, 2015 Scientists think the first dogs came out of central Asia Your best pal may have come a long way to curl up at your feet: A new DNA study of more than 5,000 dogs from 38 countries finds they probably originated in Central Asia, or Mongolia and Nepal more specifically, at least 15,000 years ago, reports the BBC.
October 20, 2015 Federal government announces plan to bolster honeybee, butterfly populations The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use of less pesticides.
October 20, 2015 What killed Knut? Scientists say celebrity polar bear died of rare form of encephalitis The sudden death four years ago of Knut, the celebrity Berlin Zoo polar bear who ended up on the cover of Vanity Fair, shocked his fans around the world and posed a riddle for veterinarians anxious to keep other animals from suffering the same fate.
October 20, 2015 Bird mystery: Thousands disappear and abandon eggs, nests on island off Florida's Gulf Coast Biologists are trying to find the reason thousands of nesting birds have abandoned Seahorse Key off Florida's Gulf Coast.
October 20, 2015 Researchers discover world's first warm-blooded fish Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have discovered the world’s first warm-blooded fish – the opah.
October 20, 2015 State regulators considering big limits on hunting after winter proves tough on deer Wildlife regulators in states where deer hunting is a way of life and an important tourism draw are implementing or considering deep cuts to hunting permits after a tough winter killed off many of the animals.
October 20, 2015 New baby orca, other discoveries made by biologists tracking whales off West Coast A new baby orca wasn't the only interesting discovery researchers made while tracking endangered killer whales.
October 20, 2015 Emaciated sea lion rescued on San Francisco boulevard, hundreds of feet away from beach Officials say that an emaciated sea lion yearling that was probably looking for food was rescued along a major San Francisco boulevard, more than 1,000 feet from the ocean.
October 20, 2015 1, 2, 3 octopuses: Off Seattle coast, volunteer divers conduct an underwater census To check on the health of the giant Pacific octopus population in Puget Sound, an unusual census takes place every year. Volunteer divers, enlisted by the Seattle Aquarium, take to Washington's inland waters to look for their eight-tentacle neighbors.
