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On top of raging wildfires and intensifying hurricanes, the ocean’s angelic and intelligent mammals, a.k.a. dolphins, are severely suffering from the impacts of the climate crisis. An international study recently published in Scientific Reports links a potentially-fatal skin disease in the animals to climate change. According to the study, dolphins have developed a novel “fresh-water skin […]
A wild mink in Utah has tested positive for COVID-19, making it the first free-ranging native animal to contract the virus, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned. In October, thousands of minks who were being housed in fur farms in Utah died from the coronavirus over the course of 10 days. State veterinarian Dr. Dean Taylor suspected that the […]
The United States Department of Transportation clarified what animals will be allowed in the cabin of an airplane in a new rule regarding service animals. The just announced rule provides no protections for “emotional support animals,” explicitly writing them out of the category of acceptable service animals, CNN reports. The DOT’s new rule defines service […]
According to an announcement from Peru’s Ministry of Culture, a massive carving of an ancient cat has been discovered on an arid hillside in the southern part of that country. This carving was reportedly made more than 2,000 years ago, stretches 121-feet in length and makes up part of the nation’s famed Nazca Lines. For those unfamiliar (a.k.a. […]
A Utah man found himself in a nightmare scenario on a recent hike near his home. Kyle Burgess was stalked down a gravel path for six minutes by a mountain lion after he accidentally got too close to its cubs. Burgess captured the entire encounter on his phone, which he had taken out to record […]
One Malaysian man thought his phone was stolen but it was really borrowed by a group of monkeys trying to have some fun. Zackrydz Rodzi told BBC on Tuesday that he realized his smartphone was gone when he woke up Saturday. He searched high and low for the phone but couldn’t figure out how it was […]
Swarms of mosquitoes in Louisiana have left hundreds of cattle and some horses dead. WWLTV reports that, according to experts in southwest Louisiana, the clouds of mosquitoes became thick from Hurricane Laura, which, after it made landfall on Aug. 27, pushed the insects out of marshes. Veterinarian Craig Fontenot told the outlet that the mosquitoes […]
Human activity has forced the world’s wildlife populations to plummet by 68 percent in the last 50 years, with human consumption being the primary culprit. This new data comes from the 2020 Living Planet Report from the World Wildlife Fund, which evaluates population declines in over 4,392 observed species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians […]
The owners running a popular farm/petting zoo in New Jersey are reportedly very pissed off after a bunch of allegedly wayward teens got onto their grounds after hours and abused the animals. Said allegedly wayward teens then managed to get away. The farm in question (Abma’s Farm) has been run by four generations of the same […]
It’s been 50 years since scientists have seen a tiny, mouse-sized elephant shrew recently rediscovered in the Horn of Africa. The species is known as the Somali sengi and looks like a very small ant-eater with its trunk-like nose. It’s a talented little fella, who can race around at 20 mph despite its teeny size. […]
