2Min News Roundup (HD)

The largest dinosaur ever discovered goes on display in New York, animal rights activist Ric ’O Barry detained in Japan, cheeky monkeys hijack a GoPro for an impromptu photoshoot, Polish city bans circus animals and wild dogs like you’ve never seen them before!

Praying mantises rock tiny 3D glasses in the name of science, a clingy octopus claims a diver's arm, unearthing a prehistoric monster croc, India’s sad mass whale stranding & what’s the catch with Hong Kong’s planned ivory ban?

Experts in Hawaii puzzle over low humpback whale numbers, a rare orca found dead on a beach in Scotland, scientists find the chameleon with the fastest tongue of the species, a lucky lion is freed from a snare in South Africa, an incredible giant squid encounter and a sneaky raccoon makes off with a stash of sugary goods. Get these stories and more in your weekly blast of wildlife news!

In this 2-Min Roundup special edition, we’re recapping the most popular nature news stories from 2015. A 20-foot great white shark caught on camera, prehistoric lion cubs, a rare encounter with an enormous sunfish off the coast of Portugal, and a hog-nosed rat discovered in Indonesia. All this coming up as we say goodbye to 2015!

In this holiday edition of 2min roundup, we take a look back at some our favourite snowy species that made headlines this year. Adorable snow leopard cubs born at the Brookfield zoo, rare sightings of endangered big cats caught on camera, climate-change trouble for polar bears, an avalanche-surfing mountain hare and some fugitive penguins!

A rehabilitated Siberian tiger makes history after giving birth in the wild, schooling argonauts spotted off the coast of California, a giant salamander discovered in China, the first successful cownose stingray c-section and a camera trap snaps photos of rare species in South Sudan.

A poisoned carcass kills Kenya’s famous lions, Iberian lynxes make a surprise comeback in Spain, a rhino rescue calls for some heavy machinery & Botswana sells fracking rights for one of Africa's largest conservation areas.

The Norwegian government issues licences to hunt more than half the country's wolf population, one of the rarest primates in the world born in Australia, a South African court overturns the moratorium on domestic trade in rhino horn and a clumsy elephant calf rescued from the mud!

The last research chimps in the US are retired to sanctuaries, Chinese customs officials seize 57 elephant tusks, a toxic wave of mud threatens aquatic life in Brazil, tragic news for the northern white rhino species, and a rare pink fairy armadillo sighting.

A squid-spawning phenomenon underway off the coast of South Africa, an endangered squirrel saved from extinction is a major conservation success story, permafrost cave lion cubs go on display in Siberia, a lion battles hordes of hyenas and some sandwich-stealing alligator antics!