Jersey Zoo names capybara after public vote
Other options shortlisted for Waffle included Tots, Hassleback, Gnocchi and Chip. Jersey Zoo announced in June that their…
The Wildlife You’re Most Likely To Die From In A National Park
Given their millions of visits each year, fatal wildlife encounters are statistically rare in America’s national parks. But…
Norway records ‘highly unusual’ reindeer deaths
Norwegian authorities reported more than a dozen unexplained reindeer deaths in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, considered…
In 1986, Australia eradicated rabbits from an island stripped bare by 150 years of grazing; native vegetation and seabird habitat are returning
Australia’s catastrophic rabbit invasion sparked by a few dozen British bunnies Six kilometres south of Norfolk Island lies…
Wild monkeys read the history written on stone tools
Tool use gives some animals access to foods that teeth, fingers, or claws cannot easily open. Yet using…
Rare white-tailed sea eagle chick born in Fota Wildlife Park – The Irish Times
The birth of a white-tailed sea eagle chick – a species once extinct in Ireland – has been…
Legal warning after increase in seahorse disturbance
Warmer weather is leading to an increase in “vulnerable and fragile” seahorses being disturbed, conservationists have said. Seahorses…
What happens to elephants that stray from Kruger Park? South African policy needs a rewrite
When an elephant wandered out of South Africa’s Kruger National Park into the nearby village of Matsulu on…
Are you allowed to own a pet skunk in the UK?
Evie Batton, senior scientific officer at the RSPCA, said it is not illegal to keep a skunk as…
Snoozing leopard seal leads to cordoned off area at busy Tauranga boat ramp
Tauranga locals hoping to launch from a popular boat ramp this week found a lane occupied by a…
Barn owl baby boom welcomed in rural WA following mouse plague
Farmers and wildlife groups have reported an increase in barn owl sightings in Western Australia’s Midwest and Wheatbelt…
Percy the pangolin rescued from poachers’ car and flown to freedom, 5 arrested
A starving Temminck’s pangolin named Percival was rescued from the boot of a car during a sting operation…