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Filipino inmates dance to "Thriller," a girl rests 1,400 feet in the air, and an elderly ape has a baby in this week's best news photos.

July 2, 2009

To help revive the Przewalski's horse, or takhi, in Mongolia, a Washington, D.C., zoo hosted the first ever reverse vasectomy on the species. Video.

July 02, 2009
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Migaloo, a twentysomething rare white humpback whale was seen this week along Australia's east coast, where he's migrating northward with other humpbacks. Video.

July 02, 2009
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An Indian Ocean island nation has created three new ocean sanctuaries, including a tropical bay where hundreds of 12-foot manta rays and 40-foot whale sharks feast on swarms of plankton and krill.

July 1, 2009
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Some dogs can smell odors given off by humans with bladder cancer and diabetes, researchers say. In some cases, the canines warn of oncoming attacks. Video.

June 30, 2009
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A 54-million-year-old primate followed its nose, and that might help reveal why today's primates—including humans—have comparatively big brains.

June 30, 2009
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Mating between a native salamander and an introduced species has created a monster—at least for animals that dwell in the ponds of California's Salinas River Valley.

June 29, 2009
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The discovery of ten lynx kittens marks the first time newborn lynx have been documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists.

June 29, 2009
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Pictured during a steamy moment, two apparently mating African bats are each no bigger than a human thumb, scientists report.

June 29, 2009
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From "fairytale" landscapes to gonad-eating wolffish, little-seen corners and creatures have come to light during the 114 photo missions of the Wild Wonders of Europe project.

June 26, 2009
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Three times longer than today's piranha--and with more teeth to boot--eight-million-year-old Megapiranha solves an evolutionary mystery, a new study says.

June 26, 2009
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Revelers ring in summer, buses burn in Iran's capital, Catholics get muddy, and more in this week's best news photos.

June 25, 2009
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In a Florida forest, worm "grunters" use an unusual technique to catch earthworms to sell for bait.Video.

June 25, 2009
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It may not have had a trunk or Dumbo ears, but the 60-million-year-old elephant ancestor with proto-tusks looms large in mammalian history, a new study says.

June 23, 2009
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Gene studies linking humans to modern African apes are flawed, says a new study that argues we have more physical traits in common with the orangutans of Southeast Asia.

June 23, 2009

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