Examples of pointed split woods and close-up images of the worked point. Photos: Matthias Vogel, Jens Lehmann, Dirk Leder, NLD. Credit: Proceedings of the National…
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Run by a social media influencer known as “The Real Tarzann,” The Wyld Jungle—an unlicensed roadside zoo in Temecula, California—appears to be nothing more than a nefarious, clout-driven scheme aimed at harassing animals…
1. IntroductionAntibiotics are extensively utilized in humans and veterinary medicine to combat diseases and prevent pathogenic bacterial infections . Nonetheless, concerns regarding adverse outcomes such as drug resistance, residue…
A white rhinoceros foraging in Lake Nakuru National Park, KenyaKiko Alvarez / Alamy
The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month.…
Horse therapy is used for a wide range of physical and mental health problemsJaromir Chalabala/Shutterstock
Horses are becoming increasingly popular in therapy programmes designed for people with physical, mental or…
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Palm Springs, Calif. – A pack of PETA supporters wearing cat and dog masks will descend on VCA Desert Animal Hospital and simultaneously drop “dead” on its doorstep…
A computer illustration of heart muscle cellsKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy
Two widely used antibiotics may be able to regenerate heart cells in pigs, suggesting they might one day be used to treat heart…
Some zoo animals have caught SARS-CoV-2 from humansSergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty
Animals such as rats are often regarded as disease carriers. But when it comes to the spreading of illnesses, it turns out other animals…
A female Japanese tit fluttering its wingsToshitaka Suzuki
Japanese tits appear to flutter their wings to tell mates to enter the nest, suggesting that birds may communicate with a variety of gestures.
Signals such…
Dogs can learn the names of objectsGorodenkoff/Shutterstock
Dogs seem to understand that words represent specific objects, recordings of their brain activity suggest.
Although some dogs can fetch a wide range of…
A black garden ant colony in its nest with a few eggs, pupae, larvae and a large queenNik Bruining/Shutterstock
When black garden ant queens notice their young are sick, they eat them before the illness spreads to…
A new species of fluffy longhorn beetle found in Queensland, AustraliaJames Tweed
An entomologist camping with his partner in Queensland, Australia, has found what may be a contender for Australia’s, and perhaps the…
A black garden ant colony in its nest with a few eggs, pupae, larvae and a large queenNik Bruining/Shutterstock
When black garden ant queens notice their young are sick, they eat them before the illness spreads to…
A brown male Thomisus guangxicus spider, centre, and a pale amber female female just below, among Hoya pandurata flowersShi-Mao Wu
A species of spider found in China may have evolved so that a male-female pair…
There’s almost no warning. A dark shape appears on the side of the road, then you feel a jolt as something goes under the car. Or worse, the shape rears up, hits the front of your vehicle, then slams into the windscreen. You have…
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We are still trying to understand how animals respond to a solar eclipseŞ. Uğur OKÇu/1001slide/iStockphoto/Getty Images
A total solar eclipse is impossible not to notice – the disc of the sun is completely covered by…
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A chimpanzee mother and infant in Kibale National Park, UgandaDr. Kris Sabbi, Tufts University
When there isn’t much food to go around, most chimpanzees stop playing altogether to conserve energy, but mothers…
A chimpanzee mother and infant in Kibale National Park, UgandaDr. Kris Sabbi, Tufts University
When there isn’t much food to go around, most chimpanzees stop playing altogether to conserve energy, but mothers…
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PETA has a message for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass: Strays in L.A. are your fault. Countless animals are suffering because her mismanagement allows Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS) to continue its disastrously failed…
AUSTIN, Texas, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL) today published its 2024 Impact Update, which recognizes the progress the company has made to continue building a resilient food system, fostering a…
Traditions are important, and we can continue to enjoy them while making choices that are better for animals. This includes making all our favorite Easter dishes the vegan way—without animal flesh, eggs, dairy, honey, or anything…
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An undercover PETA investigation found that animals imprisoned at The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB) in Indiana were elderly, emaciated, sick, and being denied adequate veterinary care—but what does a Snickers bar have…
Salmon killed by an algal bloom at a fish farm in NorwayBerit Roald/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Farmed salmon have been dying off en masse more frequently since 2012 and in increasingly large numbers, with millions of fish…
Clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationshipwildestanimal/Getty Images
The secret’s in the snot. Chemical changes in the mucus that coats a clownfish’s body can blunt the sting of its symbiotic anemone…
A female ringed caecilian with its youngCarlos Jared
A worm-like creature secretes a nutritious milk from its rear end to feed its hatchlings, in the first known example of an amphibian feeding its young in this way.…
A female ringed caecilian with its youngCarlos Jared
A worm-like creature secretes a nutritious milk from its rear end to feed its hatchlings, in the first known example of an amphibian feeding its young in this way.…
About a quarter of Labradors have a hunger-inducing mutation in the POMC geneCharles Mann/Getty images
Two dog breeds, Labradors and flat-coated retrievers, may be prone to becoming overweight because they have a…
Several of the starving dogs and cats found by police raiding a squalid Queens home earlier this week are believed to be stolen — and cops are hoping to reunite the pinched pets with their owners.
The NYPD has released additional…
An elephant pulling a dead calf on a tea estate in north Bengal, IndiaParveen Kaswan and Akashdeep Roy
Asian elephants have been documented deliberately burying the bodies of their calves in the first scientific…
An elephant pulling a dead calf on a tea estate in north Bengal, IndiaParveen Kaswan and Akashdeep Roy
Asian elephants have been documented deliberately burying the bodies of their calves in the first scientific…
New environmental contaminants, represented by microplastics, enter forest ecosystems through atmospheric sedimentation, overland runoff, and human activities and interfere with the physiological functions of soil organisms . At present,…
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A white stork at its breeding ground in GermanyChristian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
White storks take increasingly quicker and more direct routes for their migrations as they get older, which…
A California two-spot octopusNorbert Wu/ Minden Pictures/ Alamy
The earliest known sex chromosomes have been found in an octopus species native to the Pacific Ocean. These chromosomes evolved up to 380 million years…
A white stork at its breeding ground in GermanyChristian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
White storks take increasingly quicker and more direct routes for their migrations as they get older, which…
A hingemouth extending its proboscis to feed at the bottom of a tankAllyson Evans
A fish found only in West African rivers and forest pools can stick out a trunk-like snout to suck up food or breathe air like a…
A black-backed jackal sniffing a !nara fruitSaima Shikesho
Black-backed jackals may urinate on sweet melons that grow in the Namib desert to stop other jackals pinching the fruit as it ripens.
The jackals, which are…
Farmers often use antibiotics to keep their livestock healthy. They’re sometimes used as “quick fixes”, to avoid more costly management measures like regular disinfection, waste management, routine vaccination or provision of clean…
A male Danionella cerebrum fishRalf Britz/Senckenberg Dresden
One of the world’s smallest fish, measuring just 12 millimetres long, can make a sound registering more than 140 decibels – about as loud as firecrackers…
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Amarillo, Texas – With the Smokehouse Creek fire extending to nearly 1.3 million acres—becoming the largest wildfire in Texas history and the second largest in U.S.…
Today, as Victoria Beckham’s brand held its highly anticipated show at Paris Fashion Week, three PETA activists burst onto the catwalk with signs reading, “Viva Vegan Leather” and “Animals Aren’t Fabric” and “Turn Your Back!-->…
CHULA VISTA, CA, UNITED STATES, February 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random…
Pyrosomes thrive in warmer seasMark Conlin / Alamy
Strange colonial animals called pyrosomes are thriving in the north-east Pacific Ocean as it warms up, especially during marine heat waves. But according to a…