First hippopotamus-caused traffic accident in Colombia leaves animal dead April 14, 2023 Colombia has logged its first hippopotamus-caused road traffic accident after a car crashed into one of the animals at high speed, leaving the vehicle… Continue Reading
Lowly snailfish discovered an “astonishing” 8 km below the sea becomes world’s deepest diver April 4, 2023 The translucent juvenile snailfish has been spotted more than eight kilometres under the north Pacific Ocean by Australian and Japanese scientists on a quest… Continue Reading
Huge whale spotted in Spanish waters with what appears to be severe spinal injury March 30, 2023 A massive 40-ton fin whale swimming off the coast of Valencia in Spain has been filmed with a severe bend in its 17-meter-long body… Continue Reading
Climate change forcing animals to increase their metabolic rates if they want to survive March 6, 2023 New research, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests temperature is not the only environmental factor affecting the future energy needs of cold-blooded animals. How they… Continue Reading
At 9 years, 209-days old, world’s oldest living mouse in human care squeaks in new longevity record February 11, 2023 It’s not clear what it means in mouse years, but at 9-years and 209-days old, Pat the Pacific pocket mouse is now a world… Continue Reading
Rare wild cat discovered living on world’s tallest mountain — Mount Everest January 29, 2023 The elusive Pallas’s cat, recognizable from its incredibly grumpy facial expression, has been discovered living the high life on Mount Everest in Nepal’s Sagarmatha… Continue Reading
Do you know what this rare creature is? It was found clinging to a porch in Texas January 9, 2023 What kind of animal is THAT?!!! Imagine walking out onto your front porch and coming face to face with an unfamiliar creature that… Continue Reading
Once thought to be omnivores of plants and insects, new research show Japanese monkeys are hunting and eating fish December 1, 2022 Japanese macaques who live in the Japanese Alps endure some of the world’s coldest and harshest environments during winter when food scarcity puts them… Continue Reading
First bison born in the UK wild in thousands of years as part of a conservation project November 28, 2022 The first bison born after more than a millennia in Britain has been lauded by actor Leonardo DiCaprio who posted about the birth to… Continue Reading
Himalayan yak milk and meat approved as food animal by Indian authorities November 28, 2022 Yak farmers of Himalayan highlands have a reason to cheer after a scientific panel of the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India approved… Continue Reading