Animal News: Page 31

House Mice Traveled With Vikings in Their Longships (March 19, 2012): Norwegian house mice traveled with the Vikings in their longships during the late 8th to mid 10th century.

Scientists Find Ancient Camel Fossils in Panama (March 17, 2012): University of Florida scientists found ancient camel fossils in an excavation at the Panama Canal.

Scientists Clone Rare Himalayan Goat in Kashmir. (March 15, 2012): Indian scientists have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Kashmir.

Scientists Create RoboSquirrel to Test Rattlesnake-Squirrel Interactions (March 14, 2012): Researchers at San Diego State University and the University of California-Davis have been studying interactions between Northern Pacific rattlesnakes and California ground squirrels.

New Frog Species With Weird Croak Found in New York City Area (March 14, 2012): A new frog species with a weird croak has been discovered in the New York City region.

Zoo Gives Elderly Gorilla a Pet Bunny (March 10, 2012): The Erie Zoo in Pennsylvania gave a bunny to its elderly western lowland gorilla.

Tigon Born at Yancheng Wildlife Park in China (March 6, 2012): A Tigon, a rare genetically fragile hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness, was born at the Yancheng Wildlife Park in China.

Prehistoric New Zealand Penguin Was Over Four Feet Tall (February 28, 2012): The fossil of a large prehistoric New Zealand penguin has been reconstructed 35 years after the bones were collected in 1977 by Dr.

Guadalupe the Hippo is Weighed on Woodland Park Zoo's Massive New Digital Scale (February 27, 2012): The Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo has a massive new electronic scale which is perfect for weighing very large creatures like hippos.

Ice Age Coyotes Were the Size of Modern Wolves (February 27, 2012): A new fossil study has found that Ice Age coyotes (Canis latrans orcutti) were about the size of modern wolves.

Scientists Prove Alan Turing's Tiger Stripe Theory (February 20, 2012): Researchers from King's College London have provided experimental evidence confirming Alan Turing's theory of how biological patterns such as tiger stripes or leopard spots are formed.

Researchers Find Goats Can Develop Accents (February 16, 2012): Researchers have found that goats develop accents as they grow older and mix in different goat groups.

Australian Orange-bellied Parrot Species Nears Extinction (February 15, 2012): The population of Australia's Orange-bellied Parrot is dwindling.

Researchers Say Miniaturized Chameleons May Represent Extreme Case of Island Dwarfism (February 15, 2012): Four tiny chameleon species were discovered on a tiny island off the coast of Madagascar.

Purported Iceland Worm Monster Caught on Video (February 9, 2012): A large mystery creature (or robot) with a snake like head was filmed swimming in the icy waters of Lagarfljot Lake, a glacial-fed body of water in Egilsstaoir, by a farmer.

Video: Gliding Tree Snake Pursues Flying Dragon in Indonesian Jungle (February 4, 2012): Two reptiles that live in the Indonesian jungle are noteworthy for their ability to travel through the air.

Video of a Cone Snail Hunting (January 26, 2012): This National Geographic video shows a cone snail hunting by using its .

Cowboy Frog, Armored Catfish Among Creatures Discovered in Suriname (January 25, 2012): Conservation International (CI) has announced the results of a scientific survey in southwest Suriname that documented nearly 1,300 species, including 46 species which may be new to science.

Video: High-Speed Photography Shows How Cats Land on Their Feet (January 24, 2012): This high-speed photography of a falling cat shows how cats always land on their feet.

U.S. Navy Has Trained Dolphins Ready if Iran Mines the Strait of Hormuz (January 22, 2012): CNN reports that the U.

Boa Constrictors Can Sense Heartbeat of Dying Prey (January 21, 2012): Researchers have found that boa constrictors can sense the heartbeat of their prey.

Lil' Drac: The Story of an Orphaned Short-Tailed Fruit Bat (January 20, 2012): Here is a video about a Lil' Drac, a baby bat abandoned by its mother and raised by volunteers at the Bat World Sanctuary.

Beetles Top Latest Inventory of Newly Discovered Species (January 18, 2012): More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009 (the most recent calendar year of compilation) were insects.

Netherlands Seal Nursery Overrun With Baby Seals Orphaned After Fierce Winter Storms (January 14, 2012): A seal nursery in the Netherlands is looking after many more baby seals than usual.

World's Smallest Frog Discovered in New Guinea (January 11, 2012): Chris Austin, curator of herpetology at LSU's Museum of Natural Science and associate professor of biological sciences, discovered the world's smallest frog - and tiniest known vertebrate - in New Guinea.