The gritty 1973 thriller about an assassin plotting to murder the French president has much to answer for. Almost 40 years on, The Day of the Jackal continues to cast a long shadow over the lives of the wonderful animals that gave the film’s villain his codename. The word ‘jackal’ still invokes images of scavengers […]
Category: Wildlife
Man Dies After Developing Allergy to Meat Following Tick Bite
A heartbreaking case from New Jersey has revealed the first known death tied to alpha gal syndrome, a rare meat allergy that can develop after a Lone Star tick bite. According to CBS News, researchers connected the 2024 death of a forty seven year old camper to a delayed anaphylactic reaction triggered by eating beef. […]
Against all odds: 5 incredible animal survival stories from around the world, including the three-legged lion that swam across a crocodile-infested river
We’ve all heard of survival of the fittest. But sometimes, the competition is only with yourself – and animals can survive in even the most challenging circumstances. From a stowaway frog discovered in a Surrey supermarket to a miniature dachshund lost in the Australian wilderness for over 500 days, these stories prove that wildlife is […]
For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than dinosaurs, but older than trees, and yet they face a very real risk of extinction within our lifetimes. Their number one threat […]
A lawsuit challenges an Alaska program that allows killing bears as a way to rebuild a caribou herd
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest part of the state. The groups allege the program lacks a scientific basis and is unconstitutional. The lawsuit […]
Easterly winds and clear skies are cue for charismatic waxwings to cross to UK
By November in the UK, autumn bird migration is more or less over. Our summer visitors, such as warblers, chats and flycatchers, are far to the south in Africa. Meanwhile, many winter visitors – mostly waders and wildfowl – have arrived from their breeding grounds to the north and east. Nevertheless, as the British Trust […]
Yellowstone Visitor “Lucky to Be Alive” After Approaching A Pack of Wolves While Bystanders Watched In Horror
This year, there has been a noticeable increase in visitors making dangerous decisions in America’s national parks. Some incidents are harmless enough, while others—including a case where two park visitors narrowly avoided being gored by an angry bison—cross a line into genuinely dangerous territory that could cost someone their life. That’s exactly what happened in […]
Petition: Protect America’s Deer From Fast-Spreading Diseases
A shocking number of deer are dying from two brutal diseases. In Ohio, the rate of disease spread is so bad that one local told reporters he found 14 dead deer in less than a mile stretch on his property. Diseases like chronic wasting disease (CWD) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) have posed a small […]