Several sightings of a manatee and her calf in a power plant intake canal near the Cuban town of Santa Cruz del Norte, about 33 miles (54 kilometers) east of Havana, occurred throughout the winter and spring of 2007. Manatees aren’t known to frequent the canals of Cuban power plants. This type of behavior is […]
Tag: Mexico
Killer whale chases tourist boat off the Mexican coast
Tourists whoop with delight as a massive killer whale chases their boat through the Gulf of California. On February 20, the visitors were on a fishing expedition off the coast of Sinaloa, Mexico, when the orca came and chased their boat for several minutes. Beatriz Acevedo Tachna published the footage the next day on Twitter, […]
Jaguars in Mexico are growing in number, a promising sign that national conservation strategies are working
The jaguar population in Mexico increased by about 800 animals from 2010 to 2018, according to the first two censuses of the elusive carnivores ever conducted in the country. The news confirms that Mexico’s national strategy to protect jaguars is working, researchers reported recently in the journal PLOS One. “It was incredible to see jaguars […]
Terrifying moment shark breaks into diver’s cage as seven encircle helpless man
FOOTAGE of a man desperately fighting off sharks from entering his diving cage after the lock broke resurfaced online in a terrifying video that nearly cost the diver his life. A diver was forced to fight off a shark who tried to break into his cage after the lock on the door broke, forcing him […]
22 Mexican Wolf Pups Released into Wild to Avoid Extinction
A record number of 22 captive-born Mexican wolf pups have been released into the wild to be taken care of by surrogate wolf parents. During April and May, nine wolf pups were fostered in three different packs in eastern Arizona, and thirteen wolf pups were fostered in five packs in New Mexico. For six years, […]
Two Men Burned A White Owl Alive Because They Believed It Was a Witch
It’s hard to believe that in 2019, someone would accuse an animal of being a witch, but unfortunately that was the case recently in the municipality of Mexico called Durango. There are traditions and superstitions involving certain animals, but it should never lead to cruelty or death. Two men in Durango recently violently killed a […]
POLL: Should the Trump Administration be allowed to strip waterways pollution protections?
The Trump administration is planning to strip Obama-era pollution protections from thousands of US streams and millions of acres of wetlands, in a move environmentalists warn will harm vital wildlife and could allow pollution into drinking water. The federal government plans to scale back the list of waterways for which land users are required to […]
New Roadmap Launched to Save Latin America’s Iconic Jaguars
Conservationists are celebrating a big step forward for jaguar conservation in South America, along with the creation of the first annual International Jaguar Day. Jaguars once roamed from the southern tip of South America to close to the border between Mexico and the U.S., but over the years they’ve lost half their range and continue […]