A wild otter cub has left officials baffled after he was found inside a flamingo habitat at a zoo in England. The tiny cub now affectionately named Mingo was found all alone on the shoreline, weighing under 2 pounds (800 grams). Only a few months old, the orphan surprised the staff at Colchester Zoo in […]
Specieswatch: push to reintroduce lynx into UK gathers momentum
The UK and Ireland are among the few countries in northern Europe without the apex predator the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Like most of Britain’s larger native animals, wolves and beavers, it was hunted to extinction, in this case about 1,300 years ago, helping to push the UK towards the distinction of being the most […]
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6-Year-Old Boy Bitten and ‘Dragged into the Woods’ by Wolf in Front of His Mother at Nature Reserve
A child is recovering after being attacked by a wolf in the Netherlands. The 6-year-old boy was visiting a nature reserve with his mother and younger brother in Utrecht, which is 32 miles south of Amsterdam, when the incident occurred on Wednesday, July 30, according to U.K. newspaper The Times and local media outlet RTV […]
Great Tit Songbirds Found to Break Up After Breeding Seasons
According to a new study reported by NPR, Great Tit songbirds—common across Europe and Asia—sometimes “divorce” after the breeding season, splitting from their partners before the next spring. Researchers from the University of Oxford, led by PhD student Adelaide Abraham, tracked these birds with small radio tags to better understand their social patterns. What they […]
Jaguar cub born in Argentina’s Gran Chaco after three decades
A 5-month-old jaguar cub has been spotted along the Bermejo River in northern Argentina’s Gran Chaco region — the first wild-born cub in the region following a rewilding program at El Impenetrable National Park led by conservation nonprofit Rewilding Argentina. Researchers had suspected a birth several months prior, finding paw prints and other indirect signs, […]
Beloved lion killed by trophy hunter in ‘harrowing echo’ of Cecil the Lion’s death in 2015
A lion that was being tracked by Oxford University researchers in western Zimbabwe has been killed by a trophy hunter, in what one wildlife campaigner called a ‘harrowing echo’ of Cecil the Lion’s death in 2015. Blondie, a tourist favorite, was hunted down after being lured and baited out of Gwayi Conservancy, near Hwange National […]
Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds
Releasing just 20 lynx in Northumberland would be enough to create a healthy wild population, research has found, and most people in the area would support the practice. Northumberland Wildlife Trust has been working to see if the wild cats, which became extinct in Britain about 1,300 years ago as a result of hunting and […]
Zoo Worker Killed by Escaped Captive Leopard in Jerusalem
According to a report from BBC News, a tragic incident unfolded at Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo when a leopard escaped its enclosure and fatally attacked 36-year-old Uriel Nuri, head of the zoo’s carnivores team. The attack occurred during a behind-the-scenes tour for visitors, who remained safe behind protective glass. Despite immediate medical attention, Nuri later died […]