BY THE NUMBERS

2 600 years old

The age of blocks of cheese discovered by archaeologists at the Saqqara Necropolis site in Egypt.

Researchers say the ancient cheese dates to the 26th or 27th Egyptian dynasty, between 688 and 525BC.

230

The number of pilot whales recently stranded on a beach in Tasmania, Australia.

Despite the rescue efforts of marine conservationists, more than 200 of the mammals have died.

100

The number of days scientists in Beijing, China, waited to announce the successful cloning of an Arctic wolf named Maya. The pup is reportedly healthy, but the cloning of animals is considered controversial as activists say the animals involved suffer in surgeries.