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Friday, May 29, 2009 Sign Up for Newsletters New This Week • TOP TEN NEW SPECIES: Ghost Slug and More in Pictures • Armpits Are "Rain Forests" for Bacteria, Skin Map Shows • Right Whales Return to Former Killing Ground • BEST BEACHES: Top Ten U.S. Shores of 2009 in Pictures Week in Photos See fluorescent monkeys; an elephant pedicure; a tumbling, fumbling cheese chase; and more in the week's best news pictures. See the Photos See Latest News » More News Photos » Top Stories of the Week TOP TEN NEW SPECIES: Ghost Slug and More in Pictures See a coin-size snake, the world's first pregnant mother, a flesh-eating slug, and the rest of 2008's top ten new species, as named by an international panel of scientists.   NEW SUPERNOVA PICTURE: Blast Seen in Nearby, "Exploding" Galaxy Peering behind the dusty veil of turbulent galaxy M82, astronomers have found a brand new supernova that's the closest seen in the past five years.   Right Whales Return to Former Killing Ground The distinctive calls of North Atlantic right whales have been detected off Greenland, a hopeful sign for the recovery of the rare species.   See Latest News »   Latest Photo News                   BEST BEACHES: Top Ten U.S. Shores of 2009 in Pictures   SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Apollo 10, Galaxy Mystery, More     More Photos »   Latest Video News                   New Species Found at Great Barrier Reef   Komodo Dragons Attacking Islanders     More Videos »   Most Viewed News of the Week   1. "MISSING LINK" FOUND: New Fossil Links Humans, Lemurs? 2. Ancient Gem-Studded Teeth Show Skill of Early Dentists 3. BEST BEACHES: Top Ten U.S. Shores of 2009 in Pictures 4. FUTURE SEA CITIES: Freedom's Final Frontier in Pictures 5. New Species Found at Great Barrier Reef   More Most Viewed »       Photo of the Day See Photo If you received this email from a friend and would like to subscribe to this or other National Geographic emails, click here. Unsubscribe | Change Email Address | Update Email Preferences | Privacy Policy | Mission Statement Click the unsubscribe link above to be removed from our email program, or send your request to… National Geographic; Attn: E-newsletter Program; 1145 17th Street NW; Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2009 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@newsletters.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now.