Eight monkeys found dead at Hong Kong zoo, government says
Hong Kong authorities are carrying out tests to find out what killed eight monkeys, which were found dead in the city’s ...
Two African countries say they need to kill elephants for food. Critics say it’s cruel and won’t work
It’s a gut-wrenching concept: drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds ...
Individual hairs reveal prey of 19th century ‘Tsavo man-eater’ lions
Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising ...
Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam
More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said.
As bird flu outbreak expands in California, dairy farms report it’s worse than they expected
A third farmworker has tested positive for bird flu in California, according to the state’s health department. If confirmed ...
When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...
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About 100 rescued elephants escape flash floods at popular sanctuary in northern Thailand, two killed in evacuation
“It was the biggest evacuation we have ever done to save their lives, the water rose rapidly,” Saengduean “Lek” Chailert, founder of Elephant Nature Park, told CNN, calling the floods ... While many ...
Two California farmworkers test positive for bird flu
Two farmworkers in California tested positive for H5 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on ...
Nobel Prize in medicine goes to two American biologists for work on the discovery of microRNA
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on the discovery of microRNA, a molecule that governs how cells in the body ...
She’s obsessed with baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng. So she flew across the world to see her
New Yorker Molly Swindall fell in love with baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng online, so she decided to fly from New York to Thailand ...
Scientists grow mystery tree from 1,000-year-old seed
This week, marvel at a tree grown from an ancient seed, learn why Mount Everest is undergoing a growth spurt, discover a ...
The best cat scratching posts in 2024, tried and tested
To find the best cat scratching posts, we got our hands on 10 of the most popular on the market. Here are the three that ...