2 tigers recaptured after escaping Georgia safari park during tornado warning Two tigers have been recaptured after escaping a Georgia safari park during a tornado warning Sunday morning, according to the park. In a Facebook post, the Wild Animal Safari park in Pine Mountain wrote that it sustained “extensive tornado damage.” No staff or […]
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There’s a New Mosquito in Florida
There’s a new mosquito on the Florida scene, and scientists are worried Meet Culex lactator, the mosquito species native to Central and South America that’s making a new home in the Sunshine State. This Culex may look like every other mosquito that has annoyed you over the years, but scientists say it’s risk to human […]
Continue ReadingZebra Escaped From Zoo
A zebra escaped from the Seoul zoo and spent 3 hours hoofing around the capital city Sero the zebra had a field day in Seoul after escaping from the zoo on Thursday. It spent three hours hoofing around the city, running in and out of traffic and exploring the streets. Sero was eventually tranquilized and […]
Continue ReadingFish Can Sense Fear
It might have been deep-rooted in prehistoric animals that lived millions of years ago, before fish and mammals like us diverged on the tree of life, according to researchers who published their study Thursday in the journal Science. “Some of the mechanisms that underlie our ability to experience fear, or fall in and out of […]
Continue ReadingNumber of Monarch Butterflies Wintering in Mexico Drops 22%
Number of Monarch Butterflies Wintering in Mexico Drops 22% The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled. Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played a role in the […]
Continue ReadingZoo Mourns Unexpected Loss of Giraffe
The Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin announced that one of its giraffes died unexpectedly on Wednesday morning. The giraffe, Bahatika, or Baha for short, was being watched closely by staff at the zoo for the past few weeks, zoo officials said, as he was experiencing health issues related to his age. Baha was 17 […]
Continue ReadingTanzania Confirms First Marburg Virus Outbreak
Tanzania has confirmed the first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the villages of Maruku and Kanyangereko in the Kagera region, the country’s government has said. The country’s Minister of Health, Ummy Mwalimu, said Tuesday that five of the eight confirmed cases have already died since the disease was reported last Thursday. Meanwhile, authorities […]
Continue Reading‘Winnie the Pooh’ Slasher Canceled In Hong Kong
‘Winnie the Pooh’ slasher film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city. Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the release of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” […]
Continue Reading90-Year-Old Tortoise Father
Houston Zoo’s 90-year-old tortoise ‘Mr. Pickles’ is a first-time father of three Mr. and Mrs. Pickles are now the parents of Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño after 27 years of companionship Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old radiated tortoise at the Houston Zoo, is a first-time father after his partner of 27 years, Mrs. Pickles, laid three eggs […]
Continue ReadingHospital to Stop Delivering Babies
Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies, partly due to ‘political climate’ Brooke Macumber planned to have her fourth child in the same small hospital where two of her older children were born — the same place her husband had been delivered decades earlier. But at 23 weeks pregnant, she found out that the facility, […]
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