PMRF dims lights to protect fledgling seabirds on Kauai
KEKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Pacific Missile Range Facility will be dimming lights to help protect native seabirds during…
Bird flu has claimed its first Australian sea lion and dolphin. How does the virus get into these animals?
A rare Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) on Kangaroo Island has been confirmed to have died from highly…
Which is the world’s most numerous mammal – apart from humans?
Humans are likely the most numerous species of mammal on the planet Earth at the moment. The population…
Antarctic krill discovered in deep-sea hydrothermal vents : NPR
Antarctic krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that holds up the food web at the South Pole, were found at…
In 1985, farmers brought deer to a South Korean island for their antlers; after the business collapsed, roughly 1,000 feral descendants surrounded just 150 residents | World News
A still image of a sika deer. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In the mid-1980s, a small group of…
Massachusetts crews bring raccoon to wildlife hospital still stuck in storm-drain grate
A young raccoon in Barnstable, Massachusetts, survived an intense rescue mission after getting its head stuck in a…
They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? | Primatology
Dawn has broken, and the air is cool and still. It’s at about this time that gibbons usually…
Arizona mom used her flip-flop to fight off a coyote attacking her 4-year-old daughter
An Arizona mom out in her neighborhood flying a kite with her 4-year-old daughter a couple of Sundays…
What a herd of bison is doing near Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – One of North America’s only remaining megafauna species is living between U.S. 23 and…
Flying fox influx overruns Mount Isa suburb ‘like a cloud coming over’
As dusk settles over the outback city of Mount Isa a dark plume rises from the trees surrounding…
Man Sings to a Giraffe and Her Baby, and Their Adorable Response Has Us Emotional
A man sang to a mother giraffe and her baby at a zoo, and their sweet response is…
Meet Adrian Borsboom: The Australian ecologist who lifted a rock and found a snake that looked like a worm; 34 years later, no one has found another | World News
PC: Australian Geographic In 1992, Australian ecologist Adrian Borsboom lifted a rock near Warrill View, outside Brisbane, expecting…