Ohio authorities find big cat high on cocaine, attribute interest to popular ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie The serval did not have to go through detox, but it was given some meds before being transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Hamilton County, Ohio dog wardens retrieved an exotic cat resembling a leopard from a tree […]
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Chinook Salmon Season Canceled
The recreational and commercial salmon fishing season has been canceled along the coasts of Oregon and California, through the middle of May, due to dwindling numbers of Chinook salmon in the states’ largest rivers following years of drought. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries announced the in-season action to protect the Klamath River fall-run […]
Continue ReadingPETA Asks Pentagon to Cease Animal Testing
PETA asks Pentagon to cease animal testing related to ‘Havana syndrome’ The animal rights group PETA sent a letter to the Pentagon on Monday, demanding that they cease testing on live animals in their quest to understand the mysterious ailments known as “Havana syndrome.” Havana syndrome was first reported in 2016 by diplomats working at […]
Continue ReadingGhost Catfish
Watch This Ghost Catfish Glow with Dazzling Rainbows If you’re a millennial, there’s a good chance you’ve read The Rainbow Fish, a delightful children’s book where the titular character is illustrated with shiny foil that seems to glitter with all colors of the rainbow. It turns out it isn’t the only multi-colored fish out there […]
Continue ReadingH5N1 in Bald Eagles
Bird flu is killing bald eagles at an ‘alarming rate,’ researchers say Bald eagle nest failures and deaths are piling up at an “alarming rate” as a result of the highly infectious avian influenza, University of Georgia researchers announced this week. The avian influenza strain known as H5N1 is killing an unprecedented number of mating […]
Continue ReadingDogs of Chernobyl
Can the dogs of Chernobyl teach us new tricks on survival? Scientists are studying hundreds of dogs at the Chernobyl disaster site that have managed to survive in extremely harsh conditions More than 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the dogs of Chernobyl roam among decaying, abandoned buildings in and around the closed […]
Continue ReadingWhales Use a Sound Similar to Kim Kardashian’s ‘Vocal Fry’
Whales use a sound similar to Kim Kardashian’s ‘vocal fry’ to hunt deep sea prey, say scientists Toothed whales can use vocal registers like humans to communicate and hunt. Like Kim Kardashian, whales have a “vocal fry” which can be used to find prey in deep sea. At that depth, the whales’ lungs collapse, so […]
Continue ReadingBison Restoration
US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of […]
Continue ReadingAre Turtles Reptiles or Amphibians
Turtles are reptiles, not amphibians. People often mistake them for amphibians due to the misunderstanding about the term amphibian. The word amphibian refers specifically to members of the class amphibia, but the word amphibious that comes from the same root means “operating or living on land and in water.” It is true that many turtles […]
Continue ReadingA ‘Reptile’ Cafe
Snakes, lizards and desserts meet in Malaysia’s first reptile café Malaysian reptile enthusiast Yap Ming Yang hopes visitors to his pet-friendly café will learn to appreciate snakes and lizards as much as they do furrier creatures such as dogs and cats. Bearded dragons, leopard geckos, and corn snakes are among the species resting in glass […]
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