P’nut the Squirrel, an internet sensation with a large following across Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, has tragically passed away. This happened after New York‘s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) seized the pet earlier in the week and subsequently killed the seven-year-old gray squirrel. The DEC explained that P’nut, along with another rescued animal, Fred the […]
Dolphin Remains Found on New Jersey Beach Spark Investigation
Authorities are investigating after the discovery of a dolphin’s remains on a New Jersey beach. Last week, beachgoers in Allenhurst, located just north of Asbury Park, came across the disturbing scene. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) reported that the dolphin had been “butchered,” its body left in a horrifying state. According to the MMSC, […]
Shark bites off surfer’s leg in Hawaii
A shark bit a Maui surfer on Friday and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets. His right leg was “completely severed just below the […]
Yellowstone Plans to Remove a Record Amount of Bison This Winter
Yellowstone National Park officials are preparing for a substantial culling of their wild bison herd this winter, aiming to prevent population growth after last year’s milder conditions limited removal efforts. In a recent report, park managers proposed removing as many as 1,375 bison, a target close to the 2022-2023 winter removal of 1,551 bison, which […]
Inbreeding adds to growing threats to Africa’s smallest wildcat, study finds
Populations of the black-footed cat, a little-known feline in Southern Africa, have been declining for the last half a million years and exhibit very high degrees of inbreeding. This could increase their risk of a disease called amyloidosis, according to a new genetic study. “Frequently genomic studies focus on large charismatic cats so that small […]
Remains of beloved Grizzly No 399 killed by car returned to Wyoming park
The remains of a beloved grizzly bear who died last month after being hit by a car in Wyoming have been returned to Grand Teton national park. In a statement released on Friday, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it returned the ashes of Grizzly No 399, a 28-year-old female grizzly bear, to […]
Endangered Cloned Ferret Gives Birth to Healthy Kits
A significant advancement in wildlife Conservation has been achieved with the birth of two healthy kits from Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret. Antonia’s existence traces back to Willa, a genetically diverse ferret whose genetic material has been preserved since 1988 at the San Diego Zoo’s Frozen Zoo. Cloning Willa’s cells has offered hope for increasing […]
Population crash means African penguins are now critically endangered
Africa’s only resident penguin species is now officially critically endangered, according to a recent assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Over the past century, the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) has suffered precipitous declines in its population. In the mid-1950s, there were an estimated 141,000 breeding pairs of African penguins, or 282,000 […]