2Min News Roundup (HD‪)‬ Earth Touch

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