October 20, 2015 Moth with ultrasonic hearing discovered The ubiquitous greater wax moth is ordinary in every way but one: It has the ability to hear the highest-known sound frequency.
October 20, 2015 Shark-tooth weapons reveal lost species A collection of vicious weapons made of shark teeth reveals that two species of sharks vanished from the reefs of Kiribati before scientists even noticed the species were there.
October 20, 2015 Alligator wags prosthetic tail An alligator stuck with the ungainly name "Mister Stubbs" may need a new moniker now that his stump of a tail has been fitted with a lifelike prosthetic
October 20, 2015 Bigfoot vandalizes a Winnebago (and other questionable claims) A Pennsylvania man who accused Bigfoot of vandalizing his 1973 Winnebago earlier this month is just one of a long history of people who have blamed the hairy humanoid for attacking personal property and dwellings.
October 20, 2015 Ancient 'Predator X' sea monster named It's official: A giant, marine reptile that roamed the seas roughly 150 million years ago is a new species, researchers say.
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.
