90 Dolphins Stranded in Australia Are Being Euthanised. Here’s Why They Can’t Be Saved.

90 Dolphins Stranded in Australia Are Being Euthanised. Here’s Why They Can’t Be Saved.

Wildlife rangers will Wednesday begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures would be euthanised after attempts to refloat them failed. A pod of 157 dolphins from a poorly understood deep-sea species was found stranded Tuesday evening on an isolated beach in Australia‘s southern island of Tasmania. Tasmania’s environment […]

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Protected areas help Mexican spotted owls

Protected areas help Mexican spotted owls

Designated protected areas are likely helping a spotted owl subspecies persist in the southwestern U.S. The Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), which lives in Mexico and the southwestern U.S., is listed as threatened in both countries. The spotted owl subspecies faces threats of logging, habitat loss and increasing wildfires. Biologists use Protected Activity Centers—or […]

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Horrifying moment ‘tame’ crocodile snatches grandfather in its jaws and drags him into the water at theme park

Horrifying moment ‘tame’ crocodile snatches grandfather in its jaws and drags him into the water at theme park

This is the shocking moment a grandfather in Indonesia was bitten by a rescued crocodile that locals believed was tame. The unnamed pensioner and other tourists had visited the ‘lucky’ reptile that was saved from a flood last week and kept at a local theme park for devotees to make offerings. Believing the crocodile was […]

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Australian bushfires leave wildlife facing increased predator risk, decades of recovery

Australian bushfires leave wildlife facing increased predator risk, decades of recovery

Simultaneous wildfires since December 2024 have left Grampians, Little Desert and the Great Otway National Parks in Australia devastated. Scientists say it will take decades for plants and wildlife to recover. Michael Clarke, emeritus professor of zoology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, told Mongabay by email the area burnt in Little Desert alone is […]

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