December 5, 2023
Retired movie star Lu the hippo was back in front of the cameras once again as he chomped down on a huge Thanksgiving pumpkin treat at Florida’s Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Park, footage released on Thursday, November 23 shows. “Happy Thanksgiving from us to you!” park administrators said, sharing the footage of the 63-year-old Florida
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How does Assam plan to protect its fauna and flora? By using drones to monitor and track wildlife and stray animals, assess forest resources and plantations, prevent poaching, and detect encroachments among others. The northeastern state has roped in global geographic information systems (GIS) consulting company RMSI to recommend competitive technical specifications for drones to
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Greece’s exploration for natural gas in the Aegean has led to concerns from Greenpeace that marine wildlife, such as dolphins and whales, will be under threat. ADVERTISEMENT Greenpeace has issued a strong plea to Greece, urging the nation to abandon its ambitious deep-sea gas exploration venture in the Mediterranean. Citing recently released research, the environmental
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Animals at the Paradise Wildlife Park in England seem to be celebrating Halloween their own way. Videos released by the park show a snow leopard scratching itself with a pumpkin before trying to take a bite, while a capybara crunches noisily on its pumpkin feast. The park said: “No tricks, only treats this Halloween!” for
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WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — An animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has received a suspended two-year sentence after being convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia, the state attorney general’s office announced. Bhagavan “Doc” Antle also was banned from owning and dealing in exotic wild animals in the state for five years,
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Early one morning last month, Laura Dudley Plimpton found herself in Forest Park, in Queens, staring at a pair of captured raccoons. It was not the first time that Ms. Plimpton, an ecologist at Columbia University, had caught two of them in a cage trap designed for one. But typically when that happened, she would
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By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 10:06 BST, 17 September 2023 | Updated: 11:03 BST, 17 September 2023 Red fire ants are on the march – they reached the United States from South America in the early 1930s and they’ve now been spotted in Europe. They’re one of the world’s most invasive species –
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Updated: 16/09/2023 – 12:15 Brightly coloured animals, fish and birds walked, swam and flew across Manhattan’s night time skyline as a thousand drones were used to draw attention to the climate crisis. Brightly coloured animals, fish and birds walked, swam and flew across Manhattan’s night time skyline as a thousand drones were used to draw
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Couple records giant squid while diving in Japan Diving instructor Yosuke Tanaka, 41, and his wife Miki, 34, were on a day trip when locals at a fishing shop told them about sightings of the elusive 8.2 ft-long beast lurking off the coast of Toyooka City. (ViralPress/yosuke_tstyle) A nonprofit dedicated to ocean conservation has raised
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A senior Indian wildlife official has been fired after eight felines were killed as part of a plan to relocate cheetahs from Africa, raising questions about the high-profile project. Asiatic cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952, but their African relatives were reintroduced last year as part of a plan championed by Prime Minister
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