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Researcher calls for genetic study after Tasmanian echidna findings
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (350+ words) A Tasmanian echidna is so different from its mainland relatives that a University of Tasmania researcher initially wondered whether they might be separate species. Associate Professor Stewart Nicol from the School of Natural Sciences has published a new review challenging…...
Rare four-horned antelope spotted on Pune hills after over 20 years
43+ min ago (536+ words) The Times of India...
Scientists filmed a three-legged lion make a record swim across a crocodile-filled channel in Uganda, and the hidden reason he kept crossing reveals what pressure does to a species
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (868+ words) The water was dark and the swim would be more than a kilometre long. Somewhere out in that blackness, hippos surfaced and Nile crocodiles held still beneath the surface, each one capable of ending a lion in seconds. And yet,…...
The Endangered Species Act Attempted To Define 'Habitat' And Controversy Ensued
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (998+ words) It wouldn't make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their habitat. But that's what the…...
Walking Shark
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (248+ words) Scientists have discovered a new species of walking shark off the coast of Papua New Guinea." By TPN, in Asia, World, Environment, Science " 11 Jul 2026 " 0 Comments Named the "Dudgeon walking shark" after Australian scientist Christine Dudgeon, it is only found in…...
Study to look at how chemical spraying impacts moose
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (931+ words) by MBC News | Jul 11, 2026 The soaring comeback of the bald eagle uplifts Ethan Augustine. The senior biologist with the North Shore Mi'kmaq Tribal Council says the banning of the pesticide DDT in New Brunswick in 1968 allowed the large bird of…...
In Ashmyany, a beaver crossed the road strictly at a pedestrian crossing VIDEO
7+ hour ago (579+ words) In Ashmyany, a beaver crossed the road strictly at a pedestrian crossing VIDEO In Ashmyany, a beaver became a real social media star after it crossed the road at a pedestrian crossing in the evening, already in the dark. Drivers…...
Cambodia wants to bring tigers back, but should it?
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (451+ words) Cambodia's last confirmed tiger sighting was in 2007 camera trap footage but conservationists say they may soon be able to reintroduce the big cats. The plan would see India send several of its more than 3, 600 tigers to southwest Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains,…...
For nearly five decades, psychologist Francine Patterson taught a western lowland gorilla named Koko a modified sign language " and Koko reportedly learned more than 1, 000 signs, understood 2, 000 spoken words, and mourned when her kitten was killed by a car
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (365+ words) For most of her life, a western lowland gorilla named Koko was among the best-known non-human animals on the planet. She appeared twice on the cover of...
10-foot python rescued from fishing net in Bagerhat
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (310+ words) A farmer found the python entangled while retrieving his fishing net from a paddy field. Following a local rescuer's intervention, the snake was handed over and released into the nearby forest. A nearly 10-foot-long python was rescued after becoming trapped…...