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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, […]
Wildlife groups condemn approval of ‘barbaric’ Florida black bear hunt
Wildlife groups have condemned a decision by regulators in Florida to allow the hunting of black bears for the first time in a decade, and to permit “barbaric” practices including the use of bait traps, archery and dog packs. The unanimous vote by the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC) on Wednesday to approve […]
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Rewilding group to assess possible return of white storks to London
An urban rewilding group is seeking the public’s views on the potential return of white storks to London as part of a project to see if the birds could make a home in the capital. White storks could once be seen flying in Britain’s skies and building their huge nests on roofs and in trees, […]
An Iceland Community Rallies to Save Lost Baby Puffins
Light pollution confuses and disorients seabirds around the globe, luring them towards land — and potentially dangerous situations. In the Westman Islands off the southwest coast of Iceland, however, one community has banded together to save lost young puffins. Every spring, hundreds of thousands of Atlantic puffins come to the archipelago to breed. Mere meters […]
11 poached elk and deer mounts seized, MT officials say. Now 6 face 34 charges
A group of six people face 34 charges connected to poaching several bull elk and mule deer bucks between 2020 and 2024, Montana game wardens said. A confidential informant tipped off Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wardens, who found the group had killed several large bull elk in a hunting district without the required elk […]