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Cloud filmmaker Ginger Kathrens gives us an update on Cloud and his family, the wild horses of the Pryor, and the recent BLM roundups. Watch the video update:

New species for 2012 includes sneezing monkey, zebrafish "smell fear", harvestman spider managed to cross the Pacific Ocean 82 million years ago, tomatoes contain more genes than humans, and more.

Nanomedicine Takes a Small Step Forward. For years, the idea of using nano-sized crystals in medicine has been an alluring one for medical researchers. A new study conducted at several universities in the U.S. and China, ...

Chimp Tool Use Demonstrates Cultural Differences. An article in Scientific American explores how different chimpanzee communities develop different cultural habits. In the study, three chimp communities that shared similar ...

Playing a Harmonica with a Trunk. At the Smithsonian National Zoo an Asian elephant named Shanthi has put her musical inclinations to good use. When zookeepers attach a harmonica to her stall, she plays it with her trunk. ...

Brains Not Beaks Help Birds Navigate. A theory that birds sense the magnetic poles by using an iron-based chemical in their beaks was put to rest with a new and convincing study. As reported by the New York Times, two ...

The Odd Couple. What do you do with an orphaned 3-week old cheetah which, by nature, requires companionship? Find him a friend. At Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida, officials found an almost perfect companion. They located ...