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Scientists seek to solve mystery of Piltdown Man
It was an archaeological hoax that fooled scientists for decades. A century on, researchers are determined to find out who was responsible for ...
Pet apps make clutter-free gifts for owners
Apps aren't just for people anymore. Here is a roundup of popular pet apps for mobile devices. The cost of apps ranges from free to a few dollars.
Holiday gifts for pets following high-tech trend
A holiday present for Fido or Fluffy used to be an extra table scrap or a new squeeze toy. But as with gifts for their human counterparts, pet ...
Coat-wearing monkey caught outside Toronto store
Shoppers at an Ikea store in Toronto weren't monkeying around when they reported a primate on the loose. Customers spotted a monkey — clad in a ...
Crew tows whale carcass in Malibu out to sea
A tugboat towed the decomposing carcass of a whale from a Malibu beach out to sea, several days after it washed ashore and created a stench near the ...
Rotting whale carcass in Malibu towed out to sea
The decaying carcass of a whale that washed onto a California beach was towed out to sea Saturday, five days after it washed ashore and created a ...
Rotting whale becomes sad spectacle in Malibu
The decaying corpse of a huge fin whale was a sad spectacle Friday on the shore of a cove where it washed ashore nearly a week earlier. With no ...
Coffee from an elephant's gut fills a $50 cup
In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor ...
Clashes over financing threat UN climate talks
The world's poorest nations on Wednesday called for significant financing to cope with the impacts of global warming, setting up a potential clash ...
Poachers kill 4 rhinos in 1 Kenyan wildlife park
Officials at a wildlife park in Kenya say they found four dead rhinoceros shot by poachers in a two-day span. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy said ...
Grizzly managers look toward hunts in Rockies
With bear-human conflicts on the rise, wildlife managers in the Northern Rockies are laying the groundwork for trophy hunts for grizzlies in ...
Foreign poachers target Cameroon elephants: Expert
Despite armed guards, Cameroon's dwindling elephant population is being decimated by heavily armed gangs of international poachers, according to a top ...
Study: Lion ranges, populations dropping in Africa
The lions that roam Africa's savannahs have lost as much as 75 percent of their habitat in the last 50 years as humans overtake their land and the ...
Pope greets clowns, acrobats: Circus comes to town
Pope Benedict XVI greeted thousands of clowns, acrobats, puppeteers and even a pair of lion cubs on Saturday as the circus came to town for an unusual ...
Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust
"Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this ...
Russian children find lion cub, take it to school
Most primary school classes get a goldfish to keep, a hamster or a turtle if they're lucky — but children from one village in southern Russia got to ...
Zebra, mini horse corralled after NYC street jaunt
New York City can be like a zoo sometimes, but a zebra running wild through the streets is not something you ordinarily see. The Staten Island Advance ...
Zippers and "Bo-flakes" deck the White House
"Bo-flakes" featuring the first dog and ornaments fashioned from zippers are among the new twists on traditional favorites at the White House this ...
Rhino killings for horns rapidly rise in S. Africa
By the time ranchers found the rhinoceros calf wandering alone in this idyllic setting of scrub brush and acacia, the nature reserve had become yet ...
Northern CA boy swept to sea still missing
Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon state beach on Saturday, playing fetch with their dog Fran ...
GOP blocks bill to give hunters more land access
A wide-ranging bill to give hunters and fishermen more access to public lands stalled in the Senate Monday after Republicans said it spends too much ...
N. California community mourns family swept to sea
Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their dog Fran as 10-foot surf ...
Dog days in Cuba: from shih tzus to schnauzers
The Cuban capital has played host to political summits and art festivals, ballet tributes and international baseball competitions. Now dog lovers are ...
Scientists: Galapagos tortoise can be revived
Lonesome George, the late reptile prince of the Galapagos Islands, may be dead, but scientists now say he may not be the last giant tortoise of his ...