Illegal wolf killings spark an investigation in Washington, an increase in medicines containing banned animal parts, super-sized penguin fossils discovered in New Zealand, and a Bryde’s whale carcass in Namibia could help settle a century-old scientific conundrum! Get these stories and more in this week’s roundup of nature news.

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SHARK-DRAGGING CASE CLOSED
https://goo.gl/DrHoqm

ANCIENT PARASITE
https://goo.gl/v2oyrU

SUPER-SIZED PENGUIN
https://goo.gl/G7mX6v

LIZARDS OF OZ
https://goo.gl/FGzSsL

TASMANIAN TIGER
https://goo.gl/k12owi

VULTURE DECLINE
https://goo.gl/ckT2wk

SUMATRAN RHINOS IN TROUBLE
https://goo.gl/EDFCJv

WOLF REWARD
https://goo.gl/aNjELH

ILLEGAL-TRADE MEDICINE
https://goo.gl/qMfbV5

NEW MARINE REFUGE
https://goo.gl/sGU3TV

BRYDE’S WHALE WASHUP
https://goo.gl/gEAHkS