Bear helps itself to 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery, scares employees. A hungry black bear barged into the garage of a Connecticut bakery, scared several employees and helped itself to 60 cupcakes before ambling away. Workers at Taste by Spellbound in the town of Avon were loading cakes into a van for delivery on Wednesday […]
Continue ReadingCategory Archives: News
Orcas’ Revenge
Killer whales may be attacking boats as revenge for injured matriarch. Orcas have reportedly attacked and sunk three boats off the coast of Spain in apparent acts of revenge that experts worry other whales in their pod might copy. “The little ones shook the rudder at the back while the big one repeatedly backed up […]
Continue ReadingRights of Nature
In Panama, legal rights given to sea turtles, boosting the ‘rights of nature’ movement On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to excavate a sea turtle nest, their lamps casting a soft red glow as they studied eggs, inventoried the success of the hatch and checked […]
Continue ReadingThreat of Pathogen
Threat of pathogen with “even deadlier potential remains,” WHO chief warns The head of the World Health Organization urged countries across the globe to prepare for the next pandemic, warning that future health emergencies could be even worse than the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s warning comes weeks after the group officially […]
Continue ReadingThe Sixth Extinction is Underway
The sixth extinction is underway, study finds. But here’s why all hope is not lost. Global population trends among 71,000 animal species show nearly half are “sliding toward extinction,” some at alarming rates, a new study warns. Researchers found 48% of the species in the analysis were declining, while only 3% were increasing and 49% […]
Continue ReadingMassive Hissing Iguana Found in Man’s Toilet
One man in South Florida got to experience what seemed like a real-life version of “Jurassic Park” – in his bathroom. John Riddle was hanging out at his Hollywood, Florida, home on Friday when he realized that the door connecting his pool deck to the bathroom was ajar. That’s when he went inside the bathroom […]
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Birds Are Under Siege
If you enjoy watching cardinals or bluebirds at a feeder or seeing a great blue heron at the water’s edge, it may not be immediately apparent but the nation’s birds are under siege. “Birds are declining,” said Ken Rosenberg, a conservation biologist with Road to Recovery, an organization that focuses on recovery of the nation’s […]
Continue ReadingQueen Bee
UK’s Princess of Wales dons veil and boots to mark World Bee Day Buckingham Palace issued a photograph of Kate, the wife of heir to the British throne Prince William, on Saturday to mark World Bee Day. The picture, taken last year, showed the Princess of Wales, as she is officially titled, beekeeping at Anmer […]
Continue ReadingThrow Kills Bird
Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers aspire to be like Randy Johnson. Zac Gallen unintentionally got real close in emulating the Hall of Famer. While warming up in the outfield before Arizona’s game at Oakland on Wednesday, Gallen threw a curveball that hit a bird in midflight, killing the animal. “I don’t really know what happened, honestly,” Gallen […]
Continue ReadingFamous Red-Tailed Hawk That Nested Above Fifth Avenue Dies Aged 33
Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who brought a touch of the wild to swanky Manhattan as he nested above Fifth Avenue for three decades, has died. Pale Male died late Tuesday after being found ill and grounded in Central Park, wildlife rehabilitator Bobby Horvath posted on Facebook. The hawk was believed to be 33 years […]
Continue Reading