Second Oldest Park in the World Reintroduces Platypuses After a 50-Year Absence

Second Oldest Park in the World Reintroduces Platypuses After a 50-Year Absence

Exciting news for nature lovers Down Under! Platypuses are back within the boundaries of Australia’s Royal National Park after disappearing from sight in the 1970s. So, what facilitated this fantastic turnaround in residency? Unfortunately, this isn’t one of those “Oh, we thought they were extinct” moments where decades later, the animals are seen on a […]

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Michigan zoo’s new pygmy hippo, Jahari, attacks and kills a six-year-old sitatunga called Chopper in their new shared habitat weeks before it was set to be unveiled to the public

Michigan zoo’s new pygmy hippo, Jahari, attacks and kills a six-year-old sitatunga called Chopper in their new shared habitat weeks before it was set to be unveiled to the public

A six-year-old a male sitatunga has been killed by a pygmy hippo at their new shared enclosure at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Chopper the sitatunga – a swamp-dwelling antelope – was meant to be a part of the zoo’s new multi-species habitat that features pygmy hippos. Zoo staffers say the two […]

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Three men convicted of poaching after being spotted illegally using dogs to hunt wildlife

Three men convicted of poaching after being spotted illegally using dogs to hunt wildlife

Three men have been convicted of poaching after they were spotted illegally using dogs to hunt. The men were caught hunting wildlife with several Saluki and Lurcher-type dogs in October last year when a police officer noticed two suspicious vehicles in the Darlington area. Rural officer PCSO Andy Cusick had been patrolling around Bishopton Lane […]

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Most species, including humans, who experience early life adversity suffer as adults. How are gorillas different?

Most species, including humans, who experience early life adversity suffer as adults. How are gorillas different?

There’s something most species—from baboons to humans to horses—have in common: When they suffer serious adversity early in life, they’re more likely to experience hardship later on in life. When researchers from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and the University of Michigan decided to look at this question in gorillas, they weren’t sure what they […]

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