From pterosaur eggs, to upside-down dinosaurs, to ancient insects, we’re recapping some of our favourite fossil finds from 2017! <a href="https://goo.gl/NTCk1b" target="_blank">TOPSY-TURVY</a> <a href="https://goo.gl/CQLxhq" target="_blank">CAVE CUB</a> <a href="https://goo.gl/Vvx2nW" target="_blank">BABY LOUIE</a> <a href="https://goo.gl/6kKtP4" target="_blank">EGG JACKPOT </a> <a href="https://goo.gl/TywqDK" target="_blank">FEATHERED FRIEND </a> <a href="https://goo.gl/79u7yS" target="_blank">OLDEST TICK </a> <a href="https://goo.gl/NDaoz7" target="_blank">AMBER INSECTS</a>  <a href="https://goo.gl/NU53bX" target="_blank">MUMMIFIED SALAMANDER </a> <a href="https://goo.gl/3KZVuG" target="_blank">JURASSIC SQUIRRELS </a> <a href="https://goo.gl/uWjwN9" target="_blank">STRANGE ADDITION</a>

From pterosaur eggs, to upside-down dinosaurs, to ancient insects, we’re recapping some of our favourite fossil finds from 2017! TOPSY-TURVYCAVE CUBBABY LOUIEEGG JACKPOT FEATHERED FRIEND OLDEST TICK AMBER INSECTS MUMMIFIED SALAMANDER JURASSIC SQUIRRELS STRANGE ADDITION

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The best fossil finds of 2017

Illegal wolf killings spark an investigation in Washington, an increase in medicines containing banned animal parts, super-sized penguin fossils discovered in New Zealand, and a Bryde’s whale carcass in Namibia could help settle a century-old scientific conundrum! Get these stories and more in this week’s roundup of nature news. <a href="/wtf/bad-behaviour/we-have-good-news-about-that-brutal-shark-dragging-case-in-florida/" target="_blank">SHARK-DRAGGING CASE CLOSED</a> <a href="/discoveries/discoveries/found-in-amber-ticks-with-a-taste-for-dinosaur-blood/" target="_blank">ANCIENT PARASITE</a>   <a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-12-ancient-penguin-big-human-pittsburgh.html" target="_blank">SUPER-SIZED PENGUIN</a> <a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/12/lizards-of-oz-take-toll-turtle-eggs" target="_blank">LIZARDS OF OZ</a>  <a href="/discoveries/discoveries/tasmanian-tigers-were-going-extinct-before-we-pushed-them-over-the-edge/" target="_blank">TASMANIAN TIGER</a> <a href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/1582412/1-birds-prey-pakistans-vultures-dying/" target="_blank">VULTURE DECLINE</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42352256" target="_blank">SUMATRAN RHINOS IN TROUBLE</a> <a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/washington-wolves-reward-12-11-2017.php" target="_blank">WOLF REWARD</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-smuggling-traditional-medicine/seizures-of-medicines-using-banned-animal-parts-see-steep-rise-idUSKBN1E80GB" target="_blank">ILLEGAL TRADE MEDS</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/building-a-refuge-where-trawlers-now-ravage-cambodias-marine-life/" target="_blank">NEW MARINE REFUGE</a> <a href="/oceans/whales-and-dolphins/the-century-long-search-for-the-true-brydes-whale" target="_blank">BRYDE’S WHALE WASHUP</a>

Illegal wolf killings spark an investigation in Washington, an increase in medicines containing banned animal parts, super-sized penguin fossils discovered in New Zealand, and a Bryde’s whale carcass in Namibia could help settle a century-old scientific conundrum! Get these stories and more in this week’s roundup of nature news.SHARK-DRAGGING CASE CLOSEDANCIENT PARASITE  SUPER-SIZED PENGUIN LIZARDS OF OZ TASMANIAN TIGERVULTURE DECLINESUMATRAN RHINOS IN TROUBLEWOLF REWARDILLEGAL TRADE MEDS NEW MARINE REFUGE BRYDE’S WHALE WASHUP 

Giant penguins, Tasmanian tigers & a Bryde’s whale washup

New species discoveries in the Greater Mekong, a missing marsupial reemerges, a sea turtle rescue with a difference, and some stunning humpback ballet. Get these stories and more in your two-minute blast of wildlife news! <a href="/discoveries/new-species/new-species-discoveries-from-the-unique-and-threatened-greater-mekong" target="_blank">NEW SPECIES BONANZA</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/12/19/Half-billion-year-old-microscopic-animal-fossils-found-in-Greenland/2211513713303" target="_blank">ANCIENT ANIMAL </a> <a href="https://newatlas.com/extinct-australian-marsupial-mulgara-rediscovered/52653" target="_blank">MISSING MARSUPIAL</a> <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/animals-hibernation-winter-cold-squirrels" target="_blank">COSY SQUIRRELS</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-12-chimps-children-bad-players.html" target="_blank">WHAT GOES AROUND</a> <a href="http://therevelator.org/texas-butterflies-border-lawyers" target="_blank">BUTTERFLY LAWYERS</a> <a href="/in-the-field/film-and-photo/stop-us-if-youve-heard-this-one-a-lynx-and-a-puma-walk-by-the-same-trail-camera" target="_blank">LYNX AND PUMA</a> <a href="https://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/humpback-whale-performs-baitball-ballet-clear-waters-off-san-diego-video" target="_blank">HUMPBACK BALLET</a> <a href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/mussels-on-acid" target="_blank">OCEAN ACIDITY</a> <a href="/conservation/human-impact/sea-turtle-tangles-with-53-million-of-drifting-cocaine" target="_blank">TANGLED TURTLE</a> <a href="/natural-world/animal-behaviour/surfers-chased-from-the-water-by-cranky-sea-lions-video" target="_blank">CRANKY SEA LIONS</a>

New species discoveries in the Greater Mekong, a missing marsupial reemerges, a sea turtle rescue with a difference, and some stunning humpback ballet. Get these stories and more in your two-minute blast of wildlife news! NEW SPECIES BONANZAANCIENT ANIMAL MISSING MARSUPIALCOSY SQUIRRELSWHAT GOES AROUNDBUTTERFLY LAWYERSLYNX AND PUMAHUMPBACK BALLETOCEAN ACIDITYTANGLED TURTLECRANKY SEA LIONS

Humpback ballet, cats on camera, & a turtle tangles with drifting cocaine

A new ghost scorpion found in Malaysia, scientists unearth the oldest fossil eye, crafty orcas take down rays in New Zealand, a tadpole-hunting jumping spider, and hope for a rare ibis in Morocco! Get these stories and more in your weekly recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/caos-nsd120617.php" target="_blank">SCORPION SURPRISE</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/camera-traps-reveal-surprises-in-peru/" target="_blank">CAMERA TRAPS SURVEY</a> <a href="https://www.popsci.com/wacky-duck-dinosaur-fossil" target="_blank">WACKY DINO</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/12/07/530-million-year-old-fossil-is-likely-worlds-oldest-eye/2351512669230/" target="_blank">ANCIENT EYE</a> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/61106-jumping-spider-eats-tadpoles.html" target="_blank">TADPOLE SNACK</a> <a href="/oceans/whales-and-dolphins/watch-orcas-upside-down-hunting-moves-may-be-a-clever-way-to-zombify-stingrays/" target="_blank">ZOMBIE STINGRAYS</a> <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2017/12/scientists_maine_coast_could_see_more_great_white_sharks" target="_blank">GREAT WHITES IN MAINE</a> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/12/04/isle-royale-wolves/918478001/" target="_blank">LONE WOLF</a> <a href="/conservation/endangered/new-hope-for-the-critically-endangered-northern-bald-ibis/" target="_blank">HOPE FOR IBIS</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42219665" target="_blank">RAINBOW RECORD</a>

A new ghost scorpion found in Malaysia, scientists unearth the oldest fossil eye, crafty orcas take down rays in New Zealand, a tadpole-hunting jumping spider, and hope for a rare ibis in Morocco! Get these stories and more in your weekly recap of wildlife news! SCORPION SURPRISECAMERA TRAPS SURVEYWACKY DINOANCIENT EYETADPOLE SNACKZOMBIE STINGRAYSGREAT WHITES IN MAINELONE WOLFHOPE FOR IBISRAINBOW RECORD

New ghost scorpion, duck-billed dinosaur & the world’s oldest eye

Rare clouded-leopard cubs spotted in Borneo, the discovery of 200 pterosaur eggs, Canada protects a record stretch of ocean and microbes named after “Rush”! Get these stories and more in your weekly recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/11/watch-rare-sighting-of-mother-sunda-clouded-leopard-and-cubs-caught-on-film/" target="_blank">RARE SIGHTING</a> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/lobster-with-pepsi-claw-1.4423596" target="_blank">CAN CLAW</a> <a href="https://www.technologybreakingnews.com/2017/11/feces-from-entangled-north-atlantic-right-whales-reveals-sky-high-stress-levels/" target="_blank">STRESSED OUT WHALES</a> <a href="/conservation/conservation/canada-has-protected-a-record-stretch-of-ocean-these-800-beluga-whales-approve/" target="_blank">SERENGETI OF THE ARCTIC</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/29/common-pesticide-can-make-migrating-birds-lose-their-way-research-shows" target="_blank">PESTICIDE PROBLEMS</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42116768" target="_blank">BAT BRAINS</a> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/61051-hairy-microbes-named-for-rush-members.html" target="_blank">MUSICAL MICROBES</a> <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uow-tad112817.php" target="_blank">DEEP DWELLER</a> <a href="/discoveries/fossils/hundreds-of-fossilised-eggs-reveal-the-nesting-habits-of-ancient-flying-reptiles/" target="_blank">ANCIENT EGGS</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/11/tropical-deforestation-is-getting-bigger-study-finds/" target="_blank">DEFORESTATION GROWING</a> <a href="/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/watch-treetop-hunt-ends-in-a-50-foot-tumble-for-tussling-wild-cats/" target="_blank">TREETOP TUMBLE</a>

Rare clouded-leopard cubs spotted in Borneo, the discovery of 200 pterosaur eggs, Canada protects a record stretch of ocean and microbes named after “Rush”! Get these stories and more in your weekly recap of wildlife news! RARE SIGHTINGCAN CLAWSTRESSED OUT WHALESSERENGETI OF THE ARCTICPESTICIDE PROBLEMSBAT BRAINSMUSICAL MICROBESDEEP DWELLERANCIENT EGGSDEFORESTATION GROWINGTREETOP TUMBLE

Stressed-out whales, baby clouded leopards & 200 pterosaur eggs

A new frog in Brazil, breeding success for the world’s smallest glider, whales enjoy a spa day in Canada, and how a ’toxic’ gas might help power elephant seals’ deep dives. <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/38490-puerto-rican-gentle-killer-bees-africanized" target="_blank">HYBRID HELPERS</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42103058" target="_blank">FINCH SPECIATION</a> <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/new-species-discovery-brazil-frogs-spd/" target="_blank">NEW FROG</a> <a href="/conservation/endangered/kakapo-comeback/" target="_blank">KAKAPO COMEBACK</a> <a href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/humpback-whales-may-have-a-secret-hideout/" target="_blank">HUMPBACK HIDEOUT</a> <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ocean-spa-watch-bowhead-whales-use-giant-boulders-exfoliate-1648712" target="_blank">BOWHEAD DAY SPA</a> <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/killer-gas-aids-elephant-seals-deep-dives" target="_blank">DEATH-DEFYING DIVES</a> <a href="/discoveries/discoveries/life-forms-found-in-tasmanian-swamps-have-a-35-billion-year-old-legacy/" target="_blank">3.5-BILLION-YEAR-OLD LEGACY</a> <a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2017/11/huge-breeding-success-for-worlds-smallest-glider" target="_blank">TINY GLIDER</a> <a href="/discoveries/discoveries/frozen-baby-mammoth-lyuba-goes-to-australia/" target="_blank">'LYUBA' ON LOAN</a>

A new frog in Brazil, breeding success for the world’s smallest glider, whales enjoy a spa day in Canada, and how a ’toxic’ gas might help power elephant seals’ deep dives. HYBRID HELPERSFINCH SPECIATIONNEW FROGKAKAPO COMEBACKHUMPBACK HIDEOUTBOWHEAD DAY SPADEATH-DEFYING DIVES3.5-BILLION-YEAR-OLD LEGACYTINY GLIDER'LYUBA' ON LOAN

Whale spa day, ‘gentle’ killer bees & a baby woolly mammoth

Blue whales take over Monterey Bay, parrotfish teeth could lead to breakthroughs in materials science, a new leaf-mimicking insect and amazing insight into how chimps warn troop members of imminent danger. Get these stories and more in your two-minute recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/11/a-tranquilizer-shortage-is-holding-back-rhino-management-plans-in-india/" target="_blank">TRANQUILIZER SHORTAGE</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admin-reverse-ban-elephant-trophies-africa/story?id=51178663" target="_blank">BACK-AND-FORTH BAN</a> <a href="/in-the-field/film-and-photo/whiter-shade-of-pale-odd-coloured-baboon-photographed-in-tanzania/" target="_blank">ODD MONKEY OUT</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/15/Chimps-alarm-their-friends-when-poisonous-snakes-are-nearby/7881510776526/" target="_blank">CHIMP ALARMS</a> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/60949-parrotfish-beak-stiff-hard-materials.html" target="_blank">UNBREAKABLE TEETH</a> <a href="http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/11/dolphin-mouths-house-dark-matter-of-the-biological-world.html" target="_blank">OPEN WIDE</a> <a href="http://www.ksbw.com/article/blue-whale-invasion-in-the-monterey-bay/13789823" target="_blank">BLUES IN THE BAY</a> <a href="http://www.sci-news.com/biology/leaf-mimicking-insect-typophyllum-spurioculis-05429.html" target="_blank">NEW LEAF MIMIC </a> <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-grasshopper-van-gogh-masterpiece-olive-trees-1889" target="_blank">ART SQUATTER</a>

Blue whales take over Monterey Bay, parrotfish teeth could lead to breakthroughs in materials science, a new leaf-mimicking insect and amazing insight into how chimps warn troop members of imminent danger. Get these stories and more in your two-minute recap of wildlife news! TRANQUILIZER SHORTAGEBACK-AND-FORTH BANODD MONKEY OUTCHIMP ALARMSUNBREAKABLE TEETHOPEN WIDEBLUES IN THE BAYNEW LEAF MIMIC ART SQUATTER

A blue-whale party, parrotfish teeth & how chimps warn their pals

Another illegal wolf hunt in Oregon, bonobos are “nice” to their neighbours, bacteria-carrying mosquitos could help stop the Zika virus, an ancient cave lion cub discovered, and a bizarre frilled shark spotted in Portugal. Get these stories and more in your two-minute recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/famous-oregon-wolf-killed-becomes-third-unsolved-case-investigation-widens/" target="_blank">THIRD WOLF DEAD</a> <a href="https://qz.com/1123456/the-epa-has-approved-the-release-of-weaponized-mosquitoes-in-20-us-states/" target="_blank">HELPFUL MOZZIES</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-11-bonobos-strangers.html" target="_blank">HELPING HAND</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/09/Study-details-massive-haul-of-ancient-primate-finger-toe-bones-from-China/9721510245784/" target="_blank">ANCIENT DIGITS</a> <a href="/discoveries/fossils/in-siberia-a-perfectly-preserved-frozen-cave-lion-cub/" target="_blank">CAVE CUB</a> <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/hail-mary-disappearing-vaquita" target="_blank">VAQUITA DEATH</a> <a href="/oceans/sharks/watch-sixgill-sharks-feed-on-a-sperm-whale-carcass-in-the-atlantic-depths/" target="_blank">DEEP BLUE DINNER</a> <a href="/oceans/sharks/get-the-facts-about-that-strange-frilled-shark-caught-in-portugal/" target="_blank">FRILLED SHARK</a> <a href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/zombie-ants-lose-their-bodies-not-their-brains-fungus" target="_blank">FUNGUS AMONG US</a> <a href="/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/nile-crocodile-ends-up-on-a-leopards-menu-in-zambia/" target="_blank">LEOPARD LANDS A CROC</a>

Another illegal wolf hunt in Oregon, bonobos are “nice” to their neighbours, bacteria-carrying mosquitos could help stop the Zika virus, an ancient cave lion cub discovered, and a bizarre frilled shark spotted in Portugal. Get these stories and more in your two-minute recap of wildlife news! THIRD WOLF DEADHELPFUL MOZZIESHELPING HANDANCIENT DIGITSCAVE CUBVAQUITA DEATHDEEP BLUE DINNERFRILLED SHARKFUNGUS AMONG USLEOPARD LANDS A CROC

Illegal wolf hunt, cave lion cub & a bizarre frilled shark

Poachers make moves in South Africa, Asia and Europe, the “golden wonder” salamander seen for the first time in 40 years, a puzzling horde of Port Jackson sharks spotted in Bass Strait, and a new species of orangutan described by scientists. Get these stories and more in your two-minute recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://www.sapeople.com/2017/11/02/triple-rhino-poaching-pilanesberg-south-africa/" target="_blank">RHINO TRAGEDY</a> <a href="http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/News/Illegalkillingofbirdsremainsamajorthreat/tabid/1613/Default.aspx" target="_blank">BIRD POACHING</a> <a href="http://www.traffic.org/home/2017/11/1/golden-triangle-under-spotlight-as-illegal-wildlife-trade-hu.html" target="_blank">GOLDEN TRIANGLE TRADE</a> <a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/lost-salamander-rediscovered-rainforest-trust-project-site/" target="_blank">SAFFRON SALAMANDER</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/02/Scientists-announce-discovery-of-third-orangutan-species/2501509647437/" target="_blank">NEW APE</a> <a href="https://www.popsci.com/extinct-giraffid-species" target="_blank">LONGNECK FOSSIL</a> <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2152073-sharks-now-protected-no-matter-whose-waters-they-swim-in/" target="_blank">SHARK WIN</a> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-16/port-jackson-shark-gathering-in-depths-of-bass-strait/8951228" target="_blank">PORT JACKSON PARTY</a> <a href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/newport-beach-california-plastic-coyotes-scare-away-sea-lions" target="_blank">COYOTE DECOYS </a>

Poachers make moves in South Africa, Asia and Europe, the “golden wonder” salamander seen for the first time in 40 years, a puzzling horde of Port Jackson sharks spotted in Bass Strait, and a new species of orangutan described by scientists. Get these stories and more in your two-minute recap of wildlife news! RHINO TRAGEDYBIRD POACHINGGOLDEN TRIANGLE TRADESAFFRON SALAMANDERNEW APELONGNECK FOSSILSHARK WINPORT JACKSON PARTYCOYOTE DECOYS 

Golden salamander, new orangutan & a rhino-poaching tragedy

A four-metre great white causes a stir in Australia, a rare albino civet spotted in the wild, koalas return to Dharug National Park, an ancient species of jellyfish shakes up what we know about life under the Arctic sea ice, and rhinos fitted with in-horn trackers. These stories and more in this week’s two-minute blast of wildlife news! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/9NewsPerth/videos/1813686775310141/" target="_blank">SHARK SPOTTED</a> <a href="http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/10/25/koala-spotted-in-dharug-for-1st-time-in-25-years/" target="_blank">KOALAS ON CAMERA</a> <a href="/in-the-field/film-and-photo/unusual-white-african-civet-photographed-in-zambia" target="_blank">RARE WHITE CIVET</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/10/24/Scientists-surprised-to-find-jellyfish-under-Arctic-sea-ice/3761508850392/" target="_blank">ARCTIC JELLY</a> <a href="/wtf/wtf/watch-this-whale-swimming-stunt-was-dangerous-and-illegal/" target="_blank">STUPID STUNT</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8R5f2kNo0A" target="_blank">LUCKY LIZARD</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/23/bear-in-myanmar-has-giant-tongue-removed-by-team-of-vets" target="_blank">TONGUE TROUBLE</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2017/10/black-rhinos-in-tanzania-now-monitored-via-sensors-implanted-directly-in-their-horns/" target="_blank">HORN TRACKERS</a> <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a37w5p/gps-data-embedded-in-nature-photos-used-by-animal-rattlesnake-poachers" target="_blank">DANGEROUS PHOTOS</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMXnhiv3NqY" target="_blank">1 VS. 30</a>

A four-metre great white causes a stir in Australia, a rare albino civet spotted in the wild, koalas return to Dharug National Park, an ancient species of jellyfish shakes up what we know about life under the Arctic sea ice, and rhinos fitted with in-horn trackers. These stories and more in this week’s two-minute blast of wildlife news! SHARK SPOTTEDKOALAS ON CAMERARARE WHITE CIVETARCTIC JELLYSTUPID STUNTLUCKY LIZARDTONGUE TROUBLEHORN TRACKERSDANGEROUS PHOTOS1 VS. 30

Rhino horn trackers, croc-hippo battle & an albino civet

Diplomats in North Korea accused of smuggling for the wildlife trade, a rare toad spotted in Ecuador, banded hare-wallabies reintroduced in mainland Australia, and pilot whales strand in Hawaii. Get these stories and more in this week’s two-minute recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/wildlife-watch-north-korea-illegal-wildlife-trade/" target="_blank">NORTH KOREA TRADE</a> <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/wallaby-returns-to-mainland-australia-after-110year-absence/news-story/506dbc40ff3426ec1e56b569bf8fa5ce" target="_blank">WALLABY HOMECOMING</a> <a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/first-carchi-andes-toad-sighting-ecuador-33-years/" target="_blank">RARE TOAD SIGHTING</a> <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/burmese-star-tortoise-extinction-saved-endangered" target="_blank">STAR ATTRACTION</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mountain-lions-social-networks" target="_blank">CHATTY CATS</a> <a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/10/13/breaking-news/state-federal-agencies-respond-to-whales-beaching-on-kauai/" target="_blank">HAWAII WHALE STRANDINGS</a> <a href="https://www.popsci.com/worlds-fastest-shark-is-in-trouble" target="_blank">MAKO TAKE</a> <a href="/oceans/invertebrates/70-mile-wide-swarm-of-butterflies-picked-up-by-weather-radar-in-colorado/" target="_blank">BUTTERFLY BLIP</a> <a href="/in-the-field/backyard-wildlife/watch-komodo-dragon-swaggers-its-way-through-a-village/" target="_blank">DRAGON STROLL</a>

Diplomats in North Korea accused of smuggling for the wildlife trade, a rare toad spotted in Ecuador, banded hare-wallabies reintroduced in mainland Australia, and pilot whales strand in Hawaii. Get these stories and more in this week’s two-minute recap of wildlife news! NORTH KOREA TRADEWALLABY HOMECOMINGRARE TOAD SIGHTINGSTAR ATTRACTIONCHATTY CATSHAWAII WHALE STRANDINGSMAKO TAKEBUTTERFLY BLIPDRAGON STROLL

Mountain lion mealtime, a Komodo dragon visitor & North Korea busted for smuggling

Over 1,000 reptiles seized in India, black rhinos return to Chad, a wasp with a Harry Potter-inspired name, and an urchin overpopulation concerns scientists in California. These stories and more in this week’s 2-minute recap of wildlife news. <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/south-africa-to-restock-chad-with-endangered-black-rhinos" target="_blank">BLACK RHINO RESTOCK</a> <a href="http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/over-1000-endangered-tortoises-turtles-seized-bengaluru-while-being-smuggled-china-69658" target="_blank">REPTILE BUST </a> <a href="/conservation/human-impact/the-quest-to-revive-extinct-aurochs-to-restore-ancient-lands/" target="_blank">RETURN OF THE AUROCHS</a> <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/elk-selfies-gone-wrong-two-gored-at-st-louis-county/article_56857dfc-8eb4-583e-864a-c367bfe40a2b.html" target="_blank">INJURIOUS ELK</a> <a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2017/10/rare-humpback-whale-behaviour-observed-in-moreton-bay" target="_blank">WHALE TAIL</a> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/10/six-legged-land-lobster-long-thought-extinct-discovered-volcanic-crag/751194001/" target="_blank">LAND LOBSTER</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/10/lusius-malfoyi-wasp-new-zealand-insect-named-after-harry-potter-villain" target="_blank">POTTER WASP</a> <a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/10/10/sea-urchins-are-laying-waste-to-kelp-forests-and-an-entire-ecosystem" target="_blank">URCHIN EXPLOSION </a> <a href="http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/bow-riding-orca-rare-sight-boaters-omg-moment/" target="_blank">BOW RIDER</a>

Over 1,000 reptiles seized in India, black rhinos return to Chad, a wasp with a Harry Potter-inspired name, and an urchin overpopulation concerns scientists in California. These stories and more in this week’s 2-minute recap of wildlife news. BLACK RHINO RESTOCKREPTILE BUST RETURN OF THE AUROCHSINJURIOUS ELKWHALE TAILLAND LOBSTERPOTTER WASPURCHIN EXPLOSION BOW RIDER

Reptile bust, Malfoy wasp & black rhinos return to Chad

A parakeet invasion in Mexico, concern mounts over America’s wild horses, donkey skin demand in China attracts wildlife traffickers, a bad year for oceanic “dead zones” and a pair of dead-whale predator parties. Get these stories and more in this week’s 2-minute recap of nature news! <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/parakeet-invasion-of-mexico-driven-by-europe-rsquo-s-ban-on-bird-imports/" target="_blank">PARAKEET INVASION</a> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/wildlife-watch-donkey-skins-china-wildlife-trafficking/" target="_blank">DONKEY SKIN TRAFFICKING</a> <a href="https://www.idahopress.com/news/state/judge-blm-broke-law-in-plan-to-sterilize-idaho-wild/article_11de3f42-14d4-56f0-924f-252485170490.html" target="_blank">WILD HORSES </a> <a href="http://methowvalleynews.com/2017/10/04/conservation-groups-challenge-wolf-killings/" target="_blank">WOLF KILLINGS</a> <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-hypoxia-pacific-ocean-climate-change" target="_blank">DEAD ZONES</a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/biodiversity-of-indian-sunderbans-recorded-for-the-first-time/" target="_blank">SUNDERBANS BIODIVERSITY</a> <a href="http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/lunch-arrives-on-wrangel-island-and-230-polar-bears-show-up-for-the-feast/" target="_blank">POLAR BEAR FEAST</a> <a href="/natural-world/animal-behaviour/more-than-a-dozen-crocs-show-up-to-scavenge-dead-humpback-in-australia/" target="_blank">SURF AND TURF</a> <a href="/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/first-caimans-now-snakes-pantanal-jaguar-nabs-a-yellow-anaconda/" target="_blank">SNAKE SNACK</a> <a href="https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/moustached-bird-appears-dracula-property/" target="_blank">MOUSTACHED BIRD</a>

A parakeet invasion in Mexico, concern mounts over America’s wild horses, donkey skin demand in China attracts wildlife traffickers, a bad year for oceanic “dead zones” and a pair of dead-whale predator parties. Get these stories and more in this week’s 2-minute recap of nature news! PARAKEET INVASIONDONKEY SKIN TRAFFICKINGWILD HORSES WOLF KILLINGSDEAD ZONESSUNDERBANS BIODIVERSITYPOLAR BEAR FEASTSURF AND TURFSNAKE SNACKMOUSTACHED BIRD

Wolf killings, wild horses & a parakeet invasion

A giant tree rat that’s new to science, a smuggler of narwhal tusks gets a prison term, sponges aplenty discovered in the deep sea, “mystery” Philippines whale identified, and a jaguar’s incredible caiman catch. Get these stories and more in your weekly roundup of nature news! <a href="http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/environment/video-endangered-wildlife-being-sold-over-social-media-warn-animal-rescuers-1-8171406" target="_blank">SOCIAL MEDIA SALES</a> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-smuggled-narwhal-maine-1.4298426" target="_blank">SMUGGLER SENTENCED</a> <a href="http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/nurse-shark-bites-snorkeler-belly-wont-let-go-video/" target="_blank">BELLY BITE </a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/09/27/good-news-scientists-have-discovered-a-new-species-of-giant-rat/?utm_term=.6898cf616224" target="_blank">TREE RAT CONFIRMED</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/09/26/meet-bernie-sanderss-new-namesake-a-spider-from-cuba/?utm_term=.3021c744e29e" target="_blank">SANDERS SPIDER</a> <a href="https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/27/newly-discovered-deep-sea-sponge-could-be-the-canary-in-the-seabed-mine" target="_blank">KEYSTONE SPONGE</a> <a href="/oceans/whales-and-dolphins/creature-id-the-philippines-mystery-monster-is-a-grey-whale" target="_blank">PHILIPPINES “MYSTERY”</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170929093259.htm" target="_blank">LONG LIVES </a> <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/china-sends-first-pandas-to-indonesia-under-captive-breeding-agreement/" target="_blank">PANDAS ON THE MOVE</a> <a href="/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/jaguar-takes-out-hefty-caiman-in-dramatic-series-of-photographs/" target="_blank">JAGUAR VS CAIMAN</a>

A giant tree rat that’s new to science, a smuggler of narwhal tusks gets a prison term, sponges aplenty discovered in the deep sea, “mystery” Philippines whale identified, and a jaguar’s incredible caiman catch. Get these stories and more in your weekly roundup of nature news! SOCIAL MEDIA SALESSMUGGLER SENTENCEDBELLY BITE TREE RAT CONFIRMEDSANDERS SPIDERKEYSTONE SPONGEPHILIPPINES “MYSTERY”LONG LIVES PANDAS ON THE MOVEJAGUAR VS CAIMAN

Giant tree rats, a ‘mystery’ sea creature & a jaguar’s caiman catch

Conservationists announce plans to return tigers to Kazakhstan, why mercury could be putting some jaguar populations at risk, a potentially exciting otter clip from Japan, and indigo snakes released in Florida. These conservation stories &amp; more in your weekly recap of wildlife news! <a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/wild-tigers-to-return-to-kazakhstan-70-years-after-going-extinct-there" target="_blank">KAZAKHSTAN TIGER</a> <a href="/environmental-crime/poaching/south-africas-first-online-rhino-horn-auction-ends-in-risky-impasse-opinion/" target="_blank">RHINO HORN AUCTION</a> <a href="/conservation/human-impact/a-toxic-threat-to-the-jaguars-of-the-pantanal/" target="_blank">TOXIC JAGUARS </a> <a href="/in-the-field/film-and-photo/camera-trap-records-japans-first-river-otter-since-1979/" target="_blank">RIVER OTTER RESURGENCE</a> <a href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/eastern-indigo-snake-reintroduced-florida" target="_blank">SOOTY SERPENT</a> <a href="https://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/articles.cfm?id=%20149489561" target="_blank">CRAZY ANT CONTROL </a> <a href="http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/successes/?293176/Polar-bear-survey-shows-good-news-but-worrying-trends" target="_blank">POLAR BEAR UPDATE</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/08/endangered-species-conservation-successes" target="_blank">ANTELOPE HOPE </a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-09-romania-wolves.html" target="_blank">ROMANIA PREDATOR CONTROL </a> <a href="/natural-world/animal-behaviour/watch-howler-monkey-for-dinner-at-the-first-harpy-eagle-nest-cam/" target="_blank">HARPY CAM </a>

Conservationists announce plans to return tigers to Kazakhstan, why mercury could be putting some jaguar populations at risk, a potentially exciting otter clip from Japan, and indigo snakes released in Florida. These conservation stories &amp; more in your weekly recap of wildlife news! KAZAKHSTAN TIGERRHINO HORN AUCTIONTOXIC JAGUARS RIVER OTTER RESURGENCESOOTY SERPENTCRAZY ANT CONTROL POLAR BEAR UPDATEANTELOPE HOPE ROMANIA PREDATOR CONTROL HARPY CAM 

Kazakhstan tigers, toxic jaguars & an otter cameo in Japan

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