From pterosaur eggs, to upside-down dinosaurs, to ancient insects, we’re recapping some of our favourite fossil finds from 2017!

TOPSY-TURVY
CAVE CUB
BABY LOUIE
EGG JACKPOT 
FEATHERED FRIEND 
OLDEST TICK 
AMBER INSECTS 
MUMMIFIED SALAMANDER 
JURASSIC SQUIRRELS 
STRANGE ADDITION

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 CLOSED
ANCIENT PARASITE  
SUPER-SIZED PENGUIN
LIZARDS OF OZ 
TASMANIAN TIGER
VULTURE DECLINE
SUMATRAN RHINOS IN TROUBLE
WOLF REWARD
ILLEGAL TRADE MEDS
NEW MARINE REFUGE
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!

NEW SPECIES BONANZA
ANCIENT ANIMAL 
MISSING MARSUPIAL
COSY SQUIRRELS
WHAT GOES AROUND
BUTTERFLY LAWYERS
LYNX AND PUMA
HUMPBACK BALLET
OCEAN ACIDITY
TANGLED TURTLE
CRANKY SEA LIONS

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 SURPRISE
CAMERA TRAPS SURVEY
WACKY DINO
ANCIENT EYE
TADPOLE SNACK
ZOMBIE STINGRAYS
GREAT WHITES IN MAINE
LONE WOLF
HOPE FOR IBIS
RAINBOW RECORD

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 SIGHTING
CAN CLAW
STRESSED OUT WHALES
SERENGETI OF THE ARCTIC
PESTICIDE PROBLEMS
BAT BRAINS
MUSICAL MICROBES
DEEP DWELLER
ANCIENT EGGS
DEFORESTATION GROWING
TREETOP TUMBLE

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 HELPERS
FINCH SPECIATION
NEW FROG
KAKAPO COMEBACK
HUMPBACK HIDEOUT
BOWHEAD DAY SPA
DEATH-DEFYING DIVES
3.5-BILLION-YEAR-OLD LEGACY
TINY GLIDER
'LYUBA' ON LOAN

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 SHORTAGE
BACK-AND-FORTH BAN
ODD MONKEY OUT
CHIMP ALARMS
UNBREAKABLE TEETH
OPEN WIDE
BLUES IN THE BAY
NEW LEAF MIMIC
ART SQUATTER

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 DEAD
HELPFUL MOZZIES
HELPING HAND
ANCIENT DIGITS
CAVE CUB
VAQUITA DEATH
DEEP BLUE DINNER
FRILLED SHARK
FUNGUS AMONG US
LEOPARD LANDS A CROC

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 TRAGEDY
BIRD POACHING
GOLDEN TRIANGLE TRADE
SAFFRON SALAMANDER
NEW APE
LONGNECK FOSSIL
SHARK WIN
PORT JACKSON PARTY
COYOTE DECOYS

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 SPOTTED
KOALAS ON CAMERA
RARE WHITE CIVET
ARCTIC JELLY
STUPID STUNT
LUCKY LIZARD
TONGUE TROUBLE
HORN TRACKERS
DANGEROUS PHOTOS
1 VS. 30

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 TRADE
WALLABY HOMECOMING
RARE TOAD SIGHTING
STAR ATTRACTION
CHATTY CATS
HAWAII WHALE STRANDINGS
MAKO TAKE
BUTTERFLY BLIP
DRAGON STROLL