An orangutan teaches herself to whistle — the first known instance of a primate teaching itself to copy a sound from another species.Earthworms are pulling some attention away from C. elegans. Once a draft genome sequence is complete, one researcher thinks the worms could become a “genetic model organism” for the study of environmental soil science.We should all look so happy as these snow monkeys enjoying the hot springs. Some spa ought to use this in an ad campaign.The variety of species first recorded by scientists in the last few decades in the Greater Mekong region include an evil green snake straight out of central casting, and a cute rodent whose kin was first sighted by scientists at a Laotian food market.And speaking of cute, otters are inhabiting the cities of Britain, abandoning the countryside and rural riverbanks to be urban dwellers.
