When it comes to coral, the Great Barrier Reef steals the global limelight. It’s a bucket-list place for many and, when it gets hit by coral bleaching, it makes news around the world. But Australia has another group of spectacular reefs on the west of the continent. Many of them had managed to escape the […]
Category: Wildlife
In India, humans & leopards meet near major cities; preserving habitat is crucial
Suresh Raj, a 73-year-old gunsmith who lives inside a biological park, bordering a national park on the edge of the South Indian metropolis Bengaluru, has lost three dogs since last October, killed by free-moving leopards in the region. “It’s very normal for leopards to take our dogs — not something I’d resent, living in the […]
‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration‘s plan to expand oil and gas drilling in a 23m acre reserve on the Arctic Ocean is sparking an impassioned response, amid fears it threatens Arctic wildlife, undermines the subsistence rights of Alaska Natives and imperils one of the fastest-warming ecosystems on Earth. More than a quarter of a million people have […]
Which way will the wind blow? Decision day looms for planned windfarm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island
More people have heard of Robbins Island than have seen it. Separated from Tasmania’s north-western tip by a stretch of water that can be navigated only at low tide, the island is nearly 10,000 hectares of heathland and woodlands, paddocks, unusual geology and wetlands, all ringed by pristine beaches. The island has been owned by […]
Denver Zoo Sea Lion Nick Passes Away During Wait For New Habitat
According to CBS Colorado, Nick—an 18-year-old California sea lion from the Denver Zoo—tragically died on August 7, 2025, at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., where he had been staying since 2023 while Denver completed a new sea lion habitat. Nick was rescued as a newborn on Seal Rock in […]
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11-Year-Old Girl Attacked by Mountain Lion While Feeding Chickens Outside Malibu Home
An 11-year-old girl is recovering after being attacked by a mountain lion in California. At around 5:42 p.m. local time on Sunday, Aug. 10, deputies were called to a home on the 32500 block of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu following reports of an animal attack, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a […]
‘Mind-blown’: scientists discover sex reversal in kookaburras and lorikeets with cause unknown
About 5% of common Australian wild birds including kookaburras and lorikeets could have undergone a “sex reversal” where their genetic sex does not match their reproductive organs, according to a new study. The study is thought to be the first to find widespread sex reversal across multiple wild bird species, but the cause of the […]
Whale Dies After Boat Collision in New Jersey Waters
According to ABC News reporter Bill Hutchinson, a 20-foot-long Minke whale died after colliding with a pleasure boat in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay on August 2. The impact nearly capsized the vessel and knocked one passenger into the water, though thankfully no humans were injured. Witnesses described the whale as visibly distressed before the accident, […]