http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090421-most-earthlike-planet.html Kate Raviliousfor National Geographic News April 21, 2009 It probably wouldn’t feel exactly like home. But the planet known as Gliese 581d has a lot more in common with Earth than astronomers first thought. A distant world known as Gliese 581e (foreground in this artist’s conception) is the lightest planet outside our solar system Read more

  One of the last known baiji, photographed in captivity before its death in 2002. Nobody eats baiji, but it became a bycatch of other fishing. The Yangtze River dolphin, or baji, is presumed extinct by marine mammal experts. = Fishing nets on the Yangtze River Read more

  By Natalie Hancock BBC News, Oxford Giant lions were roaming around Britain, Europe and North America up to 13,000 years ago, scientists from Oxford University have found. Remains of giant cats previously discovered were thought to be a species of jaguar or tiger but after DNA analysis they were proved to be lions. They Read more

 Barry the giant sea worm discovered by aquarium staff after mysterious attacks on coral reef | Mail Online By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:27 PM on 31st March 2009 Aquarium staff have unearthed a ‘giant sea’ worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish. The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a Read more