Horse trainer Gordon Elliott has apologised “profoundly” for an image in which he appeared to be sitting on a dead horse. The image was posted and shared on Twitter during the weekend and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board said the matter was under investigation. In a statement the trainer said:Continue Reading
Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman was reporting from Monrovia, Calif., Saturday on wildfires raging along the West Coast when a bear unexpectedly wandered into her live shot.”To talk about the wildlife that we mentioned, the woman that we interviewed said she was concerned about it – take a look over here, here is a brown bear that is…Continue Reading
Janet Mcconnaughey, Associated Press Updated 6:14 pm CDT, Wednesday, August 26, 2020 This photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission show lionfish caught in a modified lobster trap on March 5, 2020, in Atlantic waters off of Big Pine Key, Fla. Scientists are looking at traps as a better way to kill the…Continue Reading
Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geogrphic Photo Ark -A Mary River turtle, photographed at the Lone Pina Koala Sanctuary in Queensland Australia Australians call their native turtle a “bum breather” because its tail holds organs that are used to breathe in air, send out waste—and have sex. Hatchlings known asContinue Reading
Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Despite differences in appearance, habitat preference, defence tactics and underlying biology, one thing is common to all 3,800 species of snakes — every last one is a predator. As predators, snakes are likely to fulfil important rolesContinue Reading
Since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, the potential role of animals in catching and spreading the disease has been closely examined by scientists. This is because the virus that causes COVID-19 belongs to the family of coronaviruses that cause disease in a variety of mammals. The evidence suggests thatContinue Reading
At a time when we crave good news, the giant panda is a beacon of environmental optimism. Since becoming an icon for the conservation movement in the 1980s, 67 panda reserves and countless wildlife corridors have been created in the bamboo forested mountain ranges of central China. The most recent census suggestsContinue Reading
Buddy liked dog stuff: running through the sprinklers, going on long car rides, swimming in the lake. He cuddled the Mahoneys—his owners and family—at the end of tough days. He humored them when they dressed him up as a bunny for Halloween. He was a protective big brother to 10-month-old Duke, the family’s other German…Continue Reading
The world has a new species. My colleagues and I were hugely excited to announce it but, alas, this stingray – a distant cousin of sharks – can’t be claimed to be a particularly spectacular or awe-inspiring animal. It’s small – about the size of an outstretched hand – and, as farContinue Reading
(A) YKLP11423, 5mm-long juvenile, ventral view; (B) YKLP11422, 7mm-long juvenile, ventral view. Credit: Javier Ortega-Hernández and Yu Liu An international collaboration between researchers at Harvard University and Yunnan University in China uses microCT to study and restudy arthropod fossils from the early Cambrian in the Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China. Their latest…Continue Reading
