Despite the slight mohawk, the bare-faced bulbul is the first known bald songbird in mainland Asia, conservationists say.

Jellyfish that can grow up to 6.5 feet wide and weigh 440 pounds are poised to invade Japan. They are Nomura's jellyfish, and scientists and fishers who recall the last major inundation in 2005 are bracing themselves for the next potential wave.

The country's first ever nationwide tiger survey is a heartening sign for the Bengal tiger, which has dropped severely in number throughout its Asian habitat, conservationists say.

Once upon a time in England, swan was a delicacy, prompting expeditions to "brand" wild, unclaimed fowl as royal property. The queen's swan marker continues the tradition today, but the aim is protection not consumption. Video.

The single-celled organisms that set up house inside hard corals and give reefs their vibrant colors may be able to see, a new study says.

On a farm in India, Mani the monkey uses her own mysterious methods to tend dozens of goats without any supervision or training, according to the Associated Press. Video.

Rats with spinal cord injuries recovered motor function after being injected with a blue food-coloring derivative--possibly opening the door to the first major treatment for human spinal-trauma patients, a new study says.

Monkeys with computer chips implanted in their brains are helping researchers develop technology that could help paralyzed humans become more self-sufficient. Video.

Millions of farmed and wild freshwater turtles end up in China every year, where they are eaten or used in medicine. A new Florida law aims to protect the reptiles in the wild.

As suburbs consume baboon habitat, the cheeky monkeys have been raiding homes and garbage bins for food, prompting residents to fight back—some with guns, others with community education. Video.

See a "flash mob" fill a train station with feathers, a bogus beach beguile in Old Blighty, a moon rock return to space, and more in the week's best news pictures.

Good for more than sniffing out Froot Loops, the toucan's flamboyant bill also helps the bird regulate body temperature, which may offer clues to how some dinosaurs stayed cool.

Attacking from nests as big as pickup-truck beds, invasive western yellowjackets are munching their way through an "astonishing diversity" of Hawaiian creatures, a new study says.

The short legs of the dachshund, the basset hound, and other diminutive dog breeds have been linked to a single mutation that could be linked to a form of human dwarfism.

Long thought to be harmless, SIV—the source of HIV—may lead to a lethal, AIDS-like illness in chimps, after all. Though a blow to conservationists, the discovery may hold insights for human medicine.