Not all moths are harmless buffoons dashing themselves into porch lights and clumsily scattering pollen as they flit from flower to flower. The Madagascar tear drinking moth (Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica) has no compunction about plunging its barbed proboscis into the eyes of slumbering birds in a quest for vital nutrients. Researchers documented three cases of the […]
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Canada’s wolves may be using fire to hunt moose
In a practice that goes back hundreds of thousands of years, hunter-gatherer groups today light fires at night to keep wild animals, and predators especially, at bay – animals are afraid of fire, the reasoning goes, and a campfire will keep you safe while you sleep. But not all predators, it seems. A new paper published in […]
First Nations in Canada call for emergency order to protect southern mountain caribou
“Under our Syilx Okanagan law, everything is sacred to us. We believe that Mother Earth is alive, all of kʷuləncutn, the creator’s creation, that it’s all alive,” Chief Dan Wilson of the Okanagan Indian Band, a Syilx Okanagan Nation, told Mongabay in a phone call. “That’s why the caribou are so important to us … […]
Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored and almost toy-like in appearance — graze in a radioactive landscape larger than Luxembourg. On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent […]
Maine wardens save moose stuck in abandoned well in five-hour rescue
A bull moose that fell into an abandoned well in Maine was pulled to safety during an elaborate five-hour rescue. The operation happened on Wednesday after Cole Brown, whose family owns the forested land in the northern Maine community of Pembroke, spotted a pair of antlers. He heard a noise and initially thought it was […]
Fisherman Shoots and Kills Charging Moose in Wyoming
A fisherman in Wyoming was charged by a cow moose Saturday on a river in the Bighorn Range. He shot and killed the moose at close range, according to a news release Wednesday from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Officials say the confrontation occurred on the North Tongue River in the Bighorn National Forest […]
Here’s Why Moose Keep Attacking People and Their Dogs in Colorado
It’s calving season in Colorado, and wildlife officials are urging hikers, dog walkers, and anyone else heading outdoors to give moose plenty of space after several recent attacks — some resulting in serious injuries — across the state. Colorado Parks and Wildlife issued the warning following at least four separate moose attacks in just over […]
Wild Cougar Cubs Spotted in Western Michigan for the First Time in Over 100 Years
Wild cougar cubs have been seen in the western part of Michigan‘s Upper Peninsula for the first time in over a century. Last week state biologists confirmed that the spotted cubs — thought to be between seven and nine weeks old — were living on private property in Ontonagon County, a press release from the […]