Unlike the hapless Wile E. Coyote of Looney Tunes fame, the real-life version is an intelligent and highly successful animal. Once associated with North America’s prairies and deserts, the coyote now turns up almost everywhere, even city streets, thanks to its remarkable ability to thrive alongside people. Its appetite for rubbish and even pets can provoke a […]
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“It has a reputation for cunning, opportunism and haunting twilight calls…” Does this wild dog really deserve its bad reputation?
Jackals are members of the canid family with a reputation for cunning, opportunism and haunting twilight calls. Found across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia, they can occupy a range of ecological niches, hunting, scavenging and foraging on whatever is available. Long overshadowed by their showier cousins, such as wolves and wild dogs, these highly adaptable […]
Wyoming’s Failure Looms Large In The Wake Of Cody Roberts
With the sentencing of Cody Roberts, his heinous “wolf whacking” incident near Daniel, Wyoming appears to be behind us, and with Wyoming Legislator’s subsequent passage of an “animal cruelty” law, we have to ask: what, if anything has changed? Unfortunately, not much. Anyone can still take their snowmobile and run down a wolf, a coyote, […]
10 deadliest, most ruthless, savage primates on the planet – “Their hunting expeditions involve intelligence, cooperation and utterly brutal violence.”
Super-strong simians, menacing monkeys, apes with attitude and lethal lemurs – here’s our pick of the primates that kill… Deadliest primates on the planet Mandrill This elusive inhabitant of equatorial African rainforests is the biggest of all monkeys and arguably the most beautiful. The 30kg males – three times the weight of females – […]
“One key thing to remember – it can run as fast as a racehorse…” 10 most dangerous animals you REALLY don’t want to meet on a hike
Wild animals are not the most dangerous thing about hiking in remote regions, but they are definitely worth bearing in mind. Here we look at the main species you need to take account of. Given the preponderance of large predators – big cats, especially – in Africa and some parts of Asia, we’ve assumed people will not […]
Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears to protect caribou, judge rules
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important source of food for Alaska Native hunters, a judge ruled Wednesday. Two conservation groups, the Alaska Wildlife Alliance […]
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 […]
Eighteen wolves found dead in Italian national park in suspected poisoning
The carcasses of 18 wolves have been found in an Italian national park within the space of a week in an apparent series of poisonings described by conservationists as the most serious crimes against wildlife in Italy in a decade. Authorities of the national park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise said eight wolves were found dead in […]