In the early months of the Covid pandemic, when every bit of news seemed bleak, there was one heartwarming narrative that took hold: With humans stuck in their homes, the world was safe again for wild animals, which could now wander freely through cities, parking lots or fields that once might have been crowded with […]
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Exploring New York’s Wild Side
New York is about to get really wild. Every spring, millions of birds fly from South and Central America along the Atlantic Flyway, heading for northern breeding grounds. Many of them choose to fly through New York City, sometimes stopping to rest in Central Park. You can take the subway to 81st Street, stroll across […]
Read MoreComing Soon to Manhattan, a Brand-New Tiny Forest
A trend that’s gaining momentum around the world is set to finally arrive in Manhattan. It’s a tiny forest, to be planted on the southern end of Roosevelt Island, in the East River, this spring. According to its creators, it would be the first of its kind in the city and would consist of 1,000 […]
Read MoreOfficials Warn Spring Breakers Not to Touch Extraterrestrial-Looking Blue Dragons
Remarkable-looking creatures are washing up by the thousands on Gulf of Mexico beaches but wildlife officials are warning people not to touch them. Critters called blue dragons appear to look extraterrestrial. Some are comparing them to Pokemon characters. Wildlife officials say that their sting is excruciatingly painful and can last a full hour. Effects of […]
Read MoreStart-Up Wants to Breed Flies to Feed to Farm Animals
You don’t usually think of flies as being something anyone would actually want, but a lab in London is breeding them by the millions. Black soldier flies may be a good food source for farm animals. Keiran Whitaker, CEO of the United Kingdom start-up Entocycle, told CBS News, “it is the quickest, cheapest most sustainable […]
Read MoreIn Texas’ Largest Fire, a Race to Save Animals Big and Small
Horses with singed tails and bellies licked by flames. Cows whose hides are spotted with burns. A baby goat, just two weeks old, orphaned by the blaze. These are the scenes that emergency veterinarians and volunteers are finding as they traverse the wide-open fields of the Texas Panhandle, trying to save what animals they can […]
Read MoreWhat We Can Learn From Flaco, the Wild Owl in the Urban Unwild
It’s been more than a week since I read the news and I can still hardly believe it. Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo and spent a year on the lam in Manhattan, is dead. My disbelief is of a piece with the grief I feel at news of an unexpected […]
Read MoreDog Owners Use Website Sniffspot to Rent Private Backyard as Park Alternative
If your house doesn’t have a yard, now you can rent someone else’s for your dog’s own private playtime. It is what Melody McManus and her dog Ali do once a week at a nearby home in Phoenix. They found their playground on a new site called Sniffspot. “Its a safe place for her to […]
Read MoreRoo on the Loose! Texas Police Respond to Call of a Kangaroo Running Amok in Local Park
According to the startled caller to the Texarkana Police Department, there was kangaroo hopping all around a local park. Sure, the cops thought. “Yeah, right. That’s crazy!!” the Texas department posted on its Facebook page. Nonetheless, off the officers went to Spring Lake Park, where residents were enjoying Sunday’s sunny weather. And there they met […]
Read MoreTexas Man’s Near-Death Encounter With His Warthog Raises Question of Treating Wild Animals as Pets
A Texas man nearly lost his life when his pet warthog attacked him. Austin Riley, 32, raised his warthog from birth. He named his warthog, Waylon Jennings, after the country music performer. One day in 2022, Waylon the warthog turned on him. The animal had stabbed Riley at least 15 times before a neighbor fatally […]
Read MoreAfter Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild
There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play. People were walking their dogs on the fairway, which was looking rather ragged and unkempt. This was only to be expected. Nowadays, these grounds are mowed just twice a year, and haven’t been […]
Read MorePuppy Bowl XX: Behind the Scenes at the Super Bowl’s Adorable Cousin
It’s frowned upon when N.F.L. players complain to the referees. But at least they don’t urinate on them. The same cannot be said for the competitors in the Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s canine football game that takes place in October but does not air until the afternoon of Super Bowl Sunday. The event’s referee, Dan […]
Read MorePod of Killer Whales Seen Bobbing in Between Sheet of Ice
A pod of 13 killer whales was seen bobbing up and down in between ice in Japan. At first, there was concern from environmentalists about their safety, but they since have escaped from being stuck. Orcas can be found in all seven oceans on earth. They were given the name “killer whale” by ancient sailors […]
Read MoreCuring Pets With Cannabis as Veterinarians Try CBD and THC
Like many captive elephants, Nidia suffered from chronic foot problems. Fissures had formed in the 55-year-old Asian elephant’s foot pads, and her toenails had cracked and become ingrown. Painful abscesses lingered for months. Nidia had lost her appetite and she was losing weight. Dr. Quetzalli Hernández, the veterinarian in charge of Nidia’s care at a […]
Read More‘Spy’ Pigeon Flies the Coop: After 8 Months of Detention, Suspected Operative Released Into the Wild
A pigeon suspected of being a spy for China has been cleared of wrongdoing and allowed to fly home after spending eight months in bird jail. Police in India announced the pigeon’s release this week, saying the avian arrestee was nabbed in May, sporting two metal bands around its feet that bearing writing that appeared […]
Read MoreMonkey Who Escaped in Scotland is Captured
Ever since the breakout, the people of Kingussie have been following the whereabouts of a fugitive in the Scottish highlands. There he was, breaking into a backyard to scoop up some food as a couple filmed in shock. A drone spotted him from above, stalking underneath the branches of a tree. Some cheered him on […]
Read MoreYou Can Now Get a Concierge Meal Service for Your Dog
Dogs ain’t humans, buddy. I watched my father learn this seemingly intuitive lesson the hard way once, when he went vegan and decided his dog should be vegan as well (based on no dog science whatsoever). He started cooking up these bullshit sweet potato and brown rice and veggie meals for his Labrador, Homer. Homer […]
Read MoreIVF May Help Save the Endangered Rhino From Extinction
Reproductive technology may help save the northern white rhino, a critically endangered species, from extinction. Scientists undertaking this task are in a race against time, as there are now just two in the world. Both live in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. They’re kept safe from poachers who want their valuable horns by armed guards […]
Read MoreMore Than 100 Animals Seized From Long Island Home
Animal welfare authorities seized more than 100 animals from a Long Island home this week — including a South American ostrich, a giant African snail, two prairie dogs and an endangered tiger salamander — after a tip they received about exotic animals led them to their owner’s doorstep. “He was running a pop-up circus,” said […]
Read MoreCould Hedgehog Crash-Test Dummies Save the Animals From Robot Lawnmowers?
Researchers are working on offsetting some dangers posed to hedgehogs that are affecting the species’ numbers. Researchers at the University of Oxford in England are testing how dangerous robotic lawn mowers are to the hedgehog population. “Up to 75% of hedgehogs have disappeared from the rural areas,” lead researcher Dr. Sophie Lund Rasmussen told CBS […]
Read MoreAn Ancient Woolly Mammoth Left a Diary in Her Tusk
Scientists have written the biography of a 14,000-year-old female woolly mammoth by analyzing the chemicals in her tusk. The animal, nicknamed Elma, was born in what is now the Yukon and stayed close to her birthplace a decade before moving hundreds of miles west into central Alaska, the study found. There she remained until she […]
Read MoreIn Colombia, a Park for Anacondas and Anteaters, Where Ranchers Are Now Rangers
Already, though, the rangers had made a difference. They had established the government’s presence in a formerly anything-goes region. Thanks to their outreach in San Martín, they had been invited in November to march in the annual parade celebrating the cuadrillas. Mr. Zorro thought that the invitation was a turning point for the park, a […]
Read MoreFood for thought
MIT graduate student Juana De La O describes herself as a food-motivated organism, so it’s no surprise that she reaches for food and baking analogies when she’s discussing her thesis work in the lab of undergraduate officer and professor of biology Adam Martin. Consider the formative stages of a croissant, she offers, occasionally providing homemade […]
Read MoreThese Animals Have Been Trained to Take Their Own Medicine at Arizona Wildlife Park
No one likes taking medicine but animals in an Arizona wildlife park have learned to grin and bear it. A bear even administers her own shot by pressing her body into the syringe held by a trainer. The health-conscious animals reside at Bearizona. Jordan Stucky, a trainer at Bearizona, tells KPHO, “No needle at all, […]
Read MoreConservationists Trying to Increase Number of Endangered Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda
Can man and beast peacefully coexist? Conservationists are trying in Rwanda with silverback gorillas, whom they say have a lot in common with people. Patience Dusabimana is a gorilla guide and tells Sky News that he has worked to habituate a family of gorillas, meaning to get them used to humans. “They have like […]
Read MoreSome Monkeys in Florida Could Give You Herpes
It is not just a one-night stand in the Sunshine State’s popular night clubs that can give you an STD — a species of monkeys in Florida can give you herpes, according to reports. The species of monkeys known as “rhesus macaques” have been reported to carry the herpes B virus, according to Click Orlando. […]
Read MoreFamily Dog Eats $4000 in Cash Laying on Kitchen Counter
A 7-year-old golden doodle ate $4,000 of his owners’ cash. Carrie and Clayton Law left the money to pay for a new outdoor fence on a kitchen counter. Their dog, Cecil, found the money and gobbled it up. “I was like, he ate the money. He ate the $4000,” Clayton tells Inside Edition. Then the […]
Read MoreSmart Farming for Healthier Herds: FarmPro’s FarmPlusCare
Livestock farming is a challenging business that gets riskier and more expensive as of late. One of the fears many farmers have is that having a dense congregation of animals might make infectious diseases spread much faster, leading to mass mortality and low productivity. [photo credit: PixaBay on Pexel] We’ve certainly seen recent cases where […]
Read MoreOver 654,000 Pets Relinquished to Animal Shelters in 2023 Across the Country
Animal shelters are filling up with beloved pets whose human families can no longer afford to take care of them. Experts say it’s happening across the country. Ashley Jeffrey Bouck, CEO of Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, told CBS News, “Unfortunately, as we’re seeing more and more animals entering our shelter, we’re not seeing the […]
Read MoreWhat to Do With a Bug Named Hitler?
Anophthalmus hitleri was discovered in the former Yugoslavia on June 20, 1932, four months after the Austrian-born Hitler became a German citizen and four days before he demanded, as leader of the Nazi Party, that the government declare martial law throughout the country. The discoverer, a naturalist named Vladimir Kodric, stumbled on the insect in […]
Read MorePuppy Yoga Class in Paris Involves 10 Golden Retriever Pups
A yoga class in Paris takes downward dog pose literally, inviting puppies into the sessions for students to interact with. For the first 40 minutes, participants can play with and pet the puppies. The rest of the class is for yoga, of course, but the puppies still wander around taking part in their own way. “It’s […]
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