Critically endangered mountain bongo reintroduced into Kenya’s wild
NANYUKI, Kenya (AP) — The mountain bongo has become the ghost of the forest, hard to spot amid…
Argentina investigates hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is…
Male coyote swims from Angel Island to Alcatraz, surprising experts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lone coyote stunned biologists and others when it paddled its way to remote…
Sumatra orangutan shown crossing canopy bridge for first time, conservationists say
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy…
Remote Lake Superior island’s wolf population is thriving
Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents in…
Florida zoo celebrates first koala birth and new habitat opening
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate — the first…
Yuji, a baby patas monkey in Mexico, finds comfort in a plush companion
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a…
Scientists say the world’s oldest octopus fossil isn’t an octopus after all
LONDON — A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists…
300-million-year-old sea creature loses title as world’s oldest octopus
LONDON (AP) — A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after…
Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals
WASHINGTON — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial…