Animal News: Page 29

Baby River Dolphin Born in China's Tongling Freshwater Dolphin Nature Reserve (May 24, 2012): A baby river dolphin was born at the Tongling Freshwater Dolphin Nature Reserve in Anhui Province, China.

Oxford-Lausanne Collateral Hominid Project Wants Your Bigfoot Hair Samples (May 23, 2012): Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology have collaborated on a Bigfoot project.

Yellow Dyer Rain Frog Discovered in Mountains of Western Panama (May 22, 2012): A new bright yellow frog species has been found in the mountains of western Panama.

Tiger Salamander Hunts Cockroaches at Night (May 18, 2012): In this National Geographic video, a hungry tiger salamander hunts and consumes cockroaches at night.

Fossilized Remains of Prehistoric Panda Discovered in Spain (May 16, 2012): Researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of a creature genetically related to the giant panda in Spain.

Bahrain Desert Birds Build 100,000 Nests in Bahrain Desert (May 15, 2012): This video from BBC's Planet Earth shows how 100,000 Socotra Cormorants come to nest in the Bahrain Desert despite the scorching heat.

Big-Mouthed Babies Drove Evolution of Giant Island Tiger Snakes (May 15, 2012): Some populations of tiger snakes stranded for thousands of years on tiny islands surrounding Australia have evolved to be giants.

Scientists Find Naked Mole Rats Have High Levels of NRG-1 in Their Brains (May 11, 2012): Scientists have found that naked mole rats contain high levels of Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) in the cerebellum.

Dwarf Mammoths Roamed Crete Millions of Years Ago (May 9, 2012): BBC News reports that mini mammoths (Mammuthus creticus) roamed the island of Crete millions of years ago.

Camera Trap Video From Cameroon Offers Glimpse of World's Rarest Gorilla (May 8, 2012): Conservationists working in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla.

Elephant at Washington D.C.'s National Zoo Plays the Harmonica (May 7, 2012): Shanthi, a 36-year-old Asian elephant at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, likes to play the harmonica.

Massive Ancient Crocodile Lived Alongside Our Ancestors and Probably Ate Them (May 5, 2012): Christopher Brochu, associate professor of geoscience at University of Iowa, has discovered an ancient species of crocodile that was large enough to swallow humans.

Study Finds Bigger Gorillas are Better at Attracting Mates and Raising Young (May 4, 2012): Conservationists with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have found that larger male gorillas living in Congo rainforests appear to be more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising young.

24 New Species of Skinks Discovered on Caribbean Islands (May 2, 2012): Twenty-four new species of skinks have been discovered on Caribbean islands by a team led by Blair Hedges, of Penn State University, who has described the species scientifically.

Researchers Compare Computer Captures of Monitor Lizard's Running Styles (April 30, 2012): Christofer J.

Australia Lists Koala as Vulnerable Species (April 30, 2012): Australia's beloved koala has been listed as vulnerable in three Australian territories: Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Pigeons Have Built-in GPS System That Uses Earth's Magnetic Field (April 29, 2012): Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) found a group of 53 cells in the brainstems of pigeons, dubbed "GPS Neurons," that react to the Earth's magnetic field.

Rare Bongo Calf Born at Taronga Zoo (April 28, 2012): A rare Bongo calf was born earlier this month at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.

Iceberg, the White Killer Whale, May Have Visited Alaska in 2000 and 2008 (April 26, 2012): An all-white orca bull, nicknamed Iceberg, was recently observed by scientists in the North Pacific, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, near the Commander Islands.

First Camera Trap Photo of Rare Amur Leopard in China Revealed (April 25, 2012): The first-known camera trap photos of an Amur leopard in China have been taken by protected area staff in Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve in Jilin Province.

Purple River Crabs Discovered on Philippine Island of Palawan (April 23, 2012): Scientists at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden and De La Salle University in Manila have discovered four new species of colorful Insulamon freshwater crabs on the Philippine island of Palawan.

MIT Study Finds Yogurt Eating Mice are Shiny and Have Larger Testicles (April 20, 2012): Scientific American is reporting that MIT researchers recently fed mice yogurt in order to study the effects of yogurt on obesity.

Hyraxes are Sophisticated Communicators Say Researchers (April 18, 2012): A new study, published here in Proceedings of The Royal Society B, says rock hyraxes are sophisticated communicators.

Orphaned Baby Chimp Adopted by Elder Male in Disneynature's Chimpanzee (April 17, 2012): Disneynature's Chimpanzee documentary stars Oscar, a baby chimpanzee who finds himself orphaned and all alone after his chimp family is attacked by a rival band of chimps.

Scientists Say Orangutan Nest Building Shows High Degree of Sophistication (April 17, 2012): Scientists at The University of Manchester spent a year observing and filming orangutans at a research facility in Indonesia.