Some critics say Keiko’s release back to the wild was a failure, but many experts disagree. We believe in seeing dolphins in the wild, where they belong, and not in captive environments where they’re unable to live natural lives. Do you remember the film Free Willy? It tells the story of a boy who befriends […]
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Colorado’s bighorn sheep and mountain goats threatened following surge in big game hunting applications
When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke out, the vast majority of Americans went outside. National shutdowns and social distancing guidelines became the norm during the transition. Meanwhile, state and national parks around the United States have seen an increase in visitors. The number of large game hunting applications in Colorado, on the other hand, has […]
Thousands of native Australian corellas mercilessly slaughtered after being lured into modified wheelie bins
After the local council labeled the birds ‘pests,’ thousands of native Australian cockatoos were trapped and murdered using modified garbage bins. The special wheelie bins are the most recent instrument in Rockingham Council’s $8,000-per-year corella culling program, which started with non-lethal means. The council, located 50 kilometers south of Perth, claims that the population has […]
Elephant poaching by cyanide poisoning happening again in Zimbabwe
In Lupane on Friday, ZIMPARKS rangers discovered a decaying elephant carcass suspected of having succumbed to cyanide poisoning. Poachers employing the highly lethal toxin may be on the street again, nearly a decade after Zimbabwe lost hundreds of jumbo and other species in a similar method. The tragedy was termed Zimbabwe’s worst ecological disaster in […]
North American bats decimated by fungal illness are now classified as “endangered”
In recent years, white-nose sickness has decimated northern long-ear bat populations. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that the flying creatures would be reclassified from threatened to endangered. This comes after a study found that by 2025, the devastating white-nose sickness will have affected 100 percent of northern long-eared bats. In 2012, white-nose […]
Vicious eight-foot tiger shark kills a snorkeller and threatens Caribbean islanders
Residents of SAN ANDRES have vowed to kill an eight-foot tiger shark that murdered a snorkeler “before it kills them.” The frantic residents of the little Colombian island have gone out to sea in search of the vicious shark. Last week, the creature killed Italian Antonio Straccialini, 56, as he was swimming off the shore […]
The Sonoran Desert toad’s venom can induce a psychedelic experience so vivid that some people call it the “God molecule”
The Sonoran Desert toad excretes a substance that can provide a vivid psychedelic experience, dubbed the “God molecule” by some. However, the largest native toad in the United States is not immortal. Conservationists are now warning that the toad’s hallucinogenic toxin may be in high demand, putting the species at risk. “There’s a perception of […]
Scientists have discovered why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood
Scientists compared the genomes of common vampire bats to those of 26 other bat species and discovered 13 genes in vampire bats that are either absent or no longer function. Those gene changes allowed them adapt to a blood diet high in iron and protein but low in fats and carbohydrates over time, according to […]