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This week, the San Antonio Zoo will become one of the zoos in the country that will begin administering its animals a COVID-19 vaccine to protect them from the virus. According to Chron, the zoo will be working in conjunction with Zoetis, an animal health company that donated the vaccines to them. In a statement from Zoetis, […]
A woman very into a male chimpanzee living at a zoo in Antwerp, Belgium has been banned from said zoo because officials think the cross-species relationship they got going is bad for the chimp, and will negatively affect his ability to socialize with his own kind. “I love that animal and he loves me,” Adie Timmermans reportedly said to regional […]
PETA isn’t happy that Chris Brown’s daughter Royalty spent time at Tiger King subject Doc Antle’s Myrtle Beach Safari. TMZ reports the animal rights organization views the trip as reckless and illegal, pointing, in particular, to Royalty jumping off an elephant’s head into the water. PETA sent a letter on Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting […]
A baby goat who had fallen into a 250-foot long irrigation pipe after being washed away by a heavy storm was rescued this week after a two-day operation conducted by the Arizona Humane Society. People reports Emergency Animal Medical Technicians responded to the scene on Tuesday after a Phoenix homeowner contacted the Arizona Humane Society to report hearing a goat […]
Researchers at the University of Hull in England have determined that a plastic additive found in certain ocean pollution can elicit a response from hermit crabs that is comparable to sexual attraction. The study, which was conducted along the Yorkshire coast, shows that oleamide, a noted pheromone for particular ocean species, such as shrimp, causes the respiration rate of hermit […]
The real-life versions of SpongeBob Squarepants and Patrick Star have been captured on camera. Marine biologist Christopher Mah shared the image, which was taken by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration remotely operated deep-sea vehicle on Tuesday. “*laugh* I normally avoid these refs..but WOW. REAL LIFE Sponge bob and Patrick!” he wrote. The pair was seen […]
Edisto Beach State Park sea turtle patrol workers in South Carolina stumbled upon a two-headed loggerhead sea turtle hatchling during their routine check-in. The rare specimen was also joined by two other hatchlings, the patrol workers found. According to WXII, officials are saying that two-headed hatching has been found in South Carolina before, but this is the first […]
Officials at the Seaside Aquarium in Oregon responded to a call last week regarding the discovery of a massive opah fish, or moonfish, that had recently washed ashore, the Washington Post reports. Measuring at three and a half feet long and about 100 pounds, the opah was found on Sunset Beach in the city of Seaside. The moonfish’s appearance […]
According to new research, the annual environmental impact of wild pigs across the globe is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 1.1 million cars. The pigs do this by uprooting soil constantly in a search for food, with a group of international researchers estimating that doing this causes them to pump out about 4.9 […]
An Ohio dog who was believed to be missing was rescued from inside the wall of another family’s home over the weekend. According to the Associated Press, the dog—named Gertie—had been missing for five days before it was found trapped between two concrete walls in a nearby home. The homeowner of the residence in question, per […]
