Kirsten Taylor

What's better than a baby monkey? Try three types of adorable baby monkeys for the price of one!

Zookeepers at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland recently welcomed the arrival of 15 new monkey babies from three species. And they're all adorable.

There's been a squirrel monkey baby boom, with a whopping 12 births since last fall. Squirrel monkeys are recognizable by the tufts of white fur around their faces and throats. In the wild, they live in Central and South America, where they swing through the canopies of rain forests.

Archaeologists have done it again, turning up more clues about the history of dogs in the American West.

This time, they've found evidence of the close bond between the Central Valley Indian tribes of California and their canine companions. Paul Langenwalter, a professor of archaeology and anthropology at Biola University in La Miranda, Calif., found that the Indians buried their dogs with care, the Sacramento Bee reports.

Langenwalter studied dog bones that date back to the 1700s and reviewed historical accounts of Europeans' contact with the Indian tribes. He found dogs were buried curled up in a sleeping position and placed in graves next to their owners.

According to the Sacramento Bee, Indian tribes of the region often destroyed a person's belongings when he died so that his possessions could accompany him to the spirit world. Dogs were likely sacrificed so that they could keep their human companions company on the other side.

Do you kinda like cats? Keep moving; there's nothing to see here. But if you love -- really love -- cats, then this is the show for you.

The new series "Must Love Cats" debuts on Animal Planet Sat., Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Host John Fulton is a feline fanatic with a funny bone. He plays guitar and composes comedic ditties while introducing viewers to cats and the people who love them.

The show will take you into the fascinating world of amazing kitties, from hero cats that saved their owners' lives to a sly cat who's the main suspect in a string of burglaries. Fulton and his feline friends will also uncover the secrets of catnip, explore the birthplace of the beloved domestic shorthair and take you on a tour of a swanky hotel designed just for -- you guessed it -- Felis catus.

While analyzing archaeological remains from Southwest Texas, a University of Maine graduate student has discovered evidence of the oldest-known dog in the Americas.

Samuel Belknap was studying ancient human waste to determine what residents of the Lower Pecos region of Texas ate between 1,000 and 10,000 years ago when he found a fingernail-size bit of bone. DNA analysis confirmed it belongs to a domestic dog that lived approximately 9,400 years ago, the Associated Press reports.

According to UCLA professor Robert Wayne, North America's first mutts are thought to have arrived with early settlers who crossed the Bering land bridge from Asia 10,000 years ago or more. Not much is known about our continent's early dogs, so Belknap's find was a lucky one.

Older dog remains have been discovered in other parts of the world, including some from 31,000 years ago unearthed in Belgium, Wayne told the AP. But Belknap's find is thought to be the oldest domestic dog yet discovered in the New World.

Score one for Team Hunted.

OK. We know we shouldn't be flip about anyone being injured. But we certainly were very intrigued when we read in the Vancouver Sun that an unlucky hunter was outsmarted by a wounded fox in Eastern Europe.

The man shot the fox while hunting in Northwestern Belarus, which borders Poland. When he approached to finish the job with the butt of his rifle, the fox fought back, according to the newspaper.

During the tussle, the feisty fox managed to pull the trigger on the gun, shooting the hunter in the leg. The hunter wound up in the hospital recovering from his wound, and the trigger-happy fox escaped and is hopefully recovering from his own injuries.

Kind of gives new meaning to the saying "clever like a fox," doesn't it?