According to The Guardian’s Gloria Dickie, the deadly impacts of extreme heat on animals are no longer rare events—they’re becoming terrifyingly common. Last year in Mexico’s Tabasco state, residents witnessed howler monkeys dropping from trees as temperatures hit 110°F (43°C). At least 83 were confirmed dead, with hundreds more likely perished from dehydration and heat […]
Petition: Stop the U.S. Plan to Slaughter Wild Horses in Nevada
The U.S. government – via the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – has a new plan to kill off 98% of wild horses in an area of Nevada that spans approximately 10,000 acres. Why? Because ranchers want to push horses off this land so they can reclaim it and use it for their cattle-raising meat […]
Cape Town faces backlash over proposal to kill baboons
In Cape Town, South Africa, an ongoing conflict between people and baboons has escalated to the point that local authorities are considering culling 117 animals from four troops, roughly a quarter of the local population. The 45-kilogram (100-pound) primates sometimes raid homes for food and have injured people, but local conservationists argue killing them isn’t […]
How Close Are Manatees to Extinction?
The Indian River Lagoon, a long braid of brackish mangroves and shifting islands, runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast. It is home to 4,300 species, including many of the state’s remaining manatees, whose large, paddle-tailed bodies graze slowly through the shallows. For decades, the lagoon has also been a destination for Florida’s municipal sewage. State law […]
Birds Of Prey Inspire Next Generation Of Sustainable Drones
According to BBC News, engineers at the University of Surrey are taking inspiration from owls and raptors to design a new kind of drone that mimics the way birds of prey perch and glide. The project, called Learning2Fly, uses real-world flight experiments instead of relying only on computer simulations, with data being fed into machine […]
Wily coyotes thrive in Central Park as animals adapt to urban life across US
In the spring this year in New York, Chris St Lawrence would finish work as a naturalist on a whale-watching boat and then quickly make the 90-minute trek to Central Park to arrive in time for sunset, when a pair of coyotes would often start to creep out. St Lawrence, who is also a photographer, […]
Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’
It’s the UK equivalent of bullfighting. Next week, in Falmouth in Cornwall, anglers will compete to fish for bluefin tuna in a three-day tournament. Sponsored by companies including Suzuki and Shimano, it’s a festival of cruelty and destruction, waging war on a magnificent giant which, in a rare instance of ecological hope, has begun returning […]
Deep-Diving Whales Could Unlock Treatments for Human Disease
The goose-beaked whale, known for reaching record-breaking depths in the ocean, may hold secrets that could transform human medicine. According to National Geographic, researchers are studying how these elusive whales survive extreme oxygen deprivation during dives that last for hours—adaptations that could inspire new therapies for conditions like stroke, cancer, and even COVID-19. Unlike humans, […]