As swine flu cases surface around the world, authorities say a pandemic may be imminent. Ira Flatow and experts discuss the current outbreak, lessons learned from the scare of 1976, and whether government restrictions could tread on individual liberties if a pandemic occurs.

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Irena Schulz filmed her sulphur-crested cockatoo, Snowball, dancing to the Backstreet Boys. It was a YouTube sensation. A couple of neuroscientists, including John Iversen of the Neurosciences Institute, saw the video and decided to look into it.

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Two years ago, reindeer herders in Siberia discovered a 40,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth on a riverbank. Paleontologist Daniel Fisher explains what is known about the mammoth's life and how she died, and what she reveals about the period during which she lived.

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Can DNA evidence prove that a walrus was poached? Who is responsible for taking down illegal caviar traffickers? A scientist from an animal forensics lab in the U.S. and a National Fish and Wildlife special agent talk about busting crimes against non-human species.

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The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the U.S. has topped 100. People with flu-like symptoms are heading to doctors' offices and hospitals. If you work in an ER, clinic or doctors' office, we want to hear from you. What are you seeing?

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