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Learn about fast frog evolution, animal communication, endangered species and more. en-us Copyright 2008, Discovery Communications Inc. http://news.discovery.com/images/icons/rss-feed-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/animals/ 144 19 Wed Feb 10 2010 05:10:59 GMT Wed Feb 10 2010 05:10:59 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/animals/earliest-bull-beef-fossil.html 64ffbd5b-1912-426b-b355-9932dcf10e58 Larry O'Hanlon Anthropology Beef Dishes Cows Food Unwrapped Fossils Organic Beef Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:05:00 EST Steak Dinners Go Back 2.5 Million Years A new fossil skull of a bull confirms that beef has been "what's for dinner" since the dawn of humans. http://news.discovery.com/videos/animals-submerged-sense-of-smell.html b1aaa1b7-f8af-4aae-89a0-f1f7ae124f30 Animals Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:22:59 EST Animals: Submerged Sense of Smell Researchers have discovered that some animals can actually breathe underwater. Discovery News' James Williams dives deep for the details. http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-bizarre-giant-fish-filmed.html 977c5bcc-7b40-446b-bada-3155edb9b681 Deep Sea Earth Fish Scientists Seas Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:54:53 EST Earth: Bizarre Giant Fish Filmed A huge oarfish was caught on camera in the Gulf of Mexico recently, giving scientists a rare glimpse of the bizarre fish in its native deep sea habitat. Researcher Mark Benfield describes the fish, a likely inspiration for the sea serpent myth. http://news.discovery.com/animals/fifty-tigers-left-china.html 000ca8dd-1326-4f17-99ca-031d76b59740 Animals Government Nature Tiger Wildlife Conservation Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:26:00 EST Fewer Than 50 Wild Tigers Left in China Wildlife conservation programs around the world are desperately trying to keep the endangered cats from going extinct. http://news.discovery.com/animals/new-cretaceous-turtle-was-an-ocean-invader.html 48645f6f-2619-46bd-94d3-1b1e6a4224f5 Jennifer Viegas Amphibians and Reptiles Animals Dinosaur Era Animals Extinct Animals Invasive Animal Species Marine Life Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:32:39 EST New Cretaceous Turtle Was An Ocean Invader An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of "turtle of Angola," a Late Cretaceous reptile that was one of the earliest known marine turtles from Africa. The seafaring turtle, Angolachelys mbaxi, lived 90 million years ago. Octavio Mateus, ... http://news.discovery.com/history/flashback-february-5.html 459d6aac-fc46-4793-b485-f5874ede317d Archaeology Earth Humans Space Technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:00:00 EST Flashback: Images From the Week's News Take a look back at this week's top stories in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. http://news.discovery.com/animals/migrating-insects-butterflies.html a3ecd2b9-78d6-461f-980a-2fae346492a5 Emily Sohn Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Butterflies Butterflies and Moths Insects Wind Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:01:00 EST Insects Actively Surf the Wind Tiny-brained insects know how to adjust their bodies and ride winds to get to where they want to go. http://news.discovery.com/animals/giant-panda-tai-shans-life-in-photos.html aaba41cd-a3e4-4b90-b579-25e415b09c5a Jennifer Viegas Animals Current Events Mammals Photography Wildlife Conservation Zoos and Aquariums Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:20:15 EST Giant Panda Tai Shan's Life in Photos Giant pandas Tai Shan and Mei Lan will soon begin their new lives in China, destined for breeding programs that hopefully will improve the population status of their endangered species. At Discovery News, you can read how the bears were ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/us-bomb-sniffing-dogs-iraq.html 4eae58fd-77e8-4be8-a712-a3142948d114 Animals Elections Middle East Military Politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:47:00 EST U.S. Sending More Bomb-Sniffing Dogs to Iraq The military will airlift 145 bomb-detection dogs over course of a year. http://news.discovery.com/animals/shark-attack-florida.html 0fc41b94-abf5-4080-8ffe-5fa58272104a Atlantic Ocean Beach Great White Sharks Sharks Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:56:00 EST Fla. Kiteboarder Killed by Sharks The attack on the 38-year-old man was the 14th deadly shark attack in Florida since 1896. http://news.discovery.com/animals/worlds-largest-snake-ate-prehistoric-relative-of-crocodiles.html 8c8fbb11-5c20-44b6-8f3e-a356c7d4bf94 Jennifer Viegas Amphibians and Reptiles Extinct Animals Fossils Paleontology Snakes Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:46:35 EST World's Largest Snake Ate Prehistoric Relative of Crocodiles Titanoboa, which measured up to 45 feet long, was the world's longest ever snake. This gigantic boa constrictor- like snake lived 60 million years ago in what is now northern Colombia. Based on a fossil find reported this week in ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/animals-that-have-traveled-using-fedex.html a2530206-188c-4dd5-bf3f-0ca31207400a Jennifer Viegas Animals Current Events Mammals Travel Wildlife Conservation Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:07:58 EST Animals that Have Traveled Using FedEx At Discovery News this week you can learn about the record-breaking shipment of two U.S.-born giant pandas to Chengdu, China. The pandas will make the journey in record time, thanks to a new fuel-efficient, custom-decaled FedEx Express 777 Freighter dubbed ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/panda-zoo-china-travel.html 33be513e-0fae-43ed-ada0-18e12f38e9a2 Jennifer Viegas Aircraft Bamboo Panda Wildlife Conservation Zoo Animals Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:18:00 EST Giant Pandas to Be FedExed to China The pandas' flight from Washington, D.C. to China is expected to be the fastest yet for a panda making the journey. http://news.discovery.com/animals/sea-turtles-global-warming.html 94454bf3-6aeb-4265-9273-7a50adb40666 Jessica Marshall Climate Change Coral Reefs Earth Life Science Oceania and Australia Oceans Seas Sex and Reproduction Turtles Wild Animals Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST Global Warming May Cook Sea Turtle Eggs Turtle breeding grounds may soon become makeshift ovens. http://news.discovery.com/animals/punxsutawney-phil-groundhog-day.html acc1899c-c541-4e76-b5e4-3e5bba1af908 Culture and Traditions Groundhog History Holidays Rodents Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:02:00 EST Punxsutawney Phil Predicts More Winter: BIG PIC Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. and the outcome is bleak. http://news.discovery.com/animals/native-american-plant-domestication-paved-way-for-turkeys.html aa24c63f-26df-4422-80cf-99d783ffdff5 Jennifer Viegas Food Food and Culture Food and Lifestyle Human Behavior Humans Plants Wild Birds Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:03:41 EST Native American Plant Domestication Paved Way for Turkeys Today at Discovery News you can find out how Native Americans domesticated turkeys, not just once, but twice, well over 1,500 years before Christopher Columbus and other Europeans set foot on American soil. Native Americans were hardly starved for food. ... http://news.discovery.com/animals/fish-evolution-conservation.html e36be79b-0516-4444-b14d-e2fbc025cad5 Emily Sohn Biodiversity Climate Change Coral Reefs Evolution Fish Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:12:00 EST Fish Caught Evolving Into Three Different Species The finding of a fish in the process of evolving suggests there may be many new kinds of fish we don't yet know about -- and aren't protecting. http://news.discovery.com/animals/bee-my-friend-depends-on-your-face.html ae0f487e-a1ef-45ef-abb9-ec0a60320ff4 Lauren Effron Animal Behavior Animals Insects and Arachnids Photography Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:03:48 EST Bee My Friend? Depends on Your Face Bees can be trained to sniff out explosives and cocaine, and here's something else they can be trained to do: tell apart one human face from another, according to a study published in the February issue of Journal of Experimental ... http://news.discovery.com/history/flashback-january-29.html 9bf55465-56ee-4a9c-ad00-d821c7a38dc8 Archaeology Dinosaurs Earth Humans Space Technology Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST Flashback: Images From the Week's News Take a look at this week's top stories in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. http://news.discovery.com/videos/animals-whos-your-daddy-sparrow-gets-around.html 5c01967b-6654-443f-a7b3-86965ef40177 Animals Birds Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:37:43 EST Animals: Who's Your Daddy? Sparrow Gets Around The world's most promiscuous bird is a sparrow that lives in tidal marshes in the northeastern United States. Researchers found that in most nests, saltmarsh sparrow chicks had multiple fathers. Jorge Ribas gets the sordid details.