Zanzibar Dhow

October 9, 2008—National Geographic researchers trap an Alaskan brown bear for research, and the bear is not at all happy.

October 1, 2008—People may have lived in Florida over 10,000 years ago—earlier than previously thought—according to evidence uncovered by National Geographic researchers.

When you're a male gator looking for a mate, you don't need a dance floor to make all the right moves; the warm waters of the Everglades will do just fine.

October 6, 2008—Iceland's glaciers could all be gone by the next century, thanks to global warming, a new government report says.

Watch a frilled lizard running with its frill fully opened. What a way to scare away predators!

October 9, 2008—The world's first complete double arm transplant was performed successfully in Germany. The recipient, a farmer who lost his own arms in an accident, is doing well.

October 7, 2008—An orphaned white rhino has bonded with a Kenya park ranger, who looks after the animal to protect him from poachers and predators.

October 7, 2008—A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, killing at least nine people.

Get an eyeful of a reptilian wrestling match in this video.

Watch an osprey parent go fishing to feed the hungry chicks waiting back at the nest.