A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to importing and selling sperm whale teeth and bones, a violation of federal wildlife laws, the Justice Department announced. Lauren H. DeLoach, 69, of Saint Helena Island, admitted to importing sperm whale parts to South Carolina, including at least 30 shipments from Australia, Latvia, Norway, and Ukraine, between 2021 […]
Fishing cats in India struggle to survive outside protected areas
The wetlands of West Bengal in eastern India are one of the country’s best habitats for the fishing cat, a species vulnerable to extinction. But a significant population of these fish-eating, mid-sized wildcats lives outside protected areas, putting them at high risk of road accidents and retaliatory killing, reports contributor Nabarun Guha for Mongabay India. […]
SeaWorld Fined After Orca Injures Trainer During Florida Show
SeaWorld is once again under fire after the U.S. Department of Labor fined the Orlando park for a serious safety violation involving a captive killer whale. According to Taylor O’Bier, the fine comes after a September 2024 incident where a trainer was injured during a training session with an orca at SeaWorld Orlando. Following the […]
Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack
The Slovak cabinet has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country’s brown bears, after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest in Central Slovakia. Prime Minister Robert Fico’s populist-nationalist government announced after a cabinet meeting that 350 out of an estimated population of 1,300 brown bears would […]
Hummingbird Chicks Observed for the First Time Pretending to be Caterpillars to Avoid Being Eaten
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller than a pinky finger, had brown fuzz all over its body. When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching […]
Abandoned Pelican Learns To Fly (VIDEO)
GoPro cameras have revolutionized the way we view animals by getting amazing close-up shots without human interaction. We’ve seen house cats playing, hilarious moments with orangutans, and even awesome animal rescues all captured on a GoPro. Another GoPro video has come to light, capturing the view from above as the camera goes airborne with a […]
Arizona’s birds are disappearing fast
Birds that call Arizona‘s desert ecosystem home — including the state’s iconic cactus wren — are in serious decline, according to a sweeping new conservation report. Why it matters: Birds are indicators of the overall health of their habitats and signal early warnings of broader trouble. If these habitats can’t support birdlife, they likely can’t […]
‘They started nibbling at its head’: the bold plan to rid an island of albatross-eating mice
By 2015, scientists knew from camera trap evidence that mice were attacking albatross chicks on Marion Island, but no one had ever witnessed it first-hand on the small volcanic outcrop off the coast of South Africa. So, when researchers Stefan and Janine Schoombie came across a badly wounded wandering albatross chick in a relatively accessible […]