Animals Throw Kills Bird Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers aspire to be like Randy Johnson. Zac Gallen unintentionally got real close in emulating the Hall of Famer. While warming up in the outfield before Arizona’s game at Oakland on Wednesday, Gallen threw a curveball that hit a bird in midflight, killing the animal. “I don’t really know what happened, honestly,” Gallen […]
Animals Famous Red-Tailed Hawk That Nested Above Fifth Avenue Dies Aged 33 Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who brought a touch of the wild to swanky Manhattan as he nested above Fifth Avenue for three decades, has died. Pale Male died late Tuesday after being found ill and grounded in Central Park, wildlife rehabilitator Bobby Horvath posted on Facebook. The hawk was believed to be 33 years […]
Blog National Nurses Week At the end of the 19th century, “The Lady With the Lamp” — or as she is more widely known, Florence Nightingale — founded modern nursing. Thanks to her strict use of hand-washing and hygiene practices while caring for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, Nightingale and her helpers reduced the death rate from 42% […]
Animals Flight Delayed After Massive Swarm of Bees A Delta Air Lines flight was delayed for several hours on Wednesday after a swarm of bees clustered on the plane’s wing, prompting the airline to postpone the flight while it attempted to convince the insects to buzz off. The flight was initially set to leave Houston at 12:25 p.m. Eastern time today for Atlanta, […]
Animals Chinese Panda on Long-Term Loan to Thailand Dies Suddenly A giant panda on long-term loan from China has died in a zoo in northern Thailand, six months before she was due to return home A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the […]
Animals Removing Colombian Druglord’s Hippos Colombia said Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased druglord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million. The cocaine baron brought a small number of the African beasts to Colombia in the late 1980s. But […]
Animals A New Flu is Spilling Over From Livestock A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be? In 2011, a farmer in Oklahoma had a bunch of sick pigs. The animals had what looked like the flu. “Just like a person with respiratory disease, the pigs had labored breathing, maybe a runny nose, cough […]
Animals Swimmers Were Harassing Dolphins Hawaii authorities say 33 swimmers were harassing dolphins Hawaii authorities on Tuesday say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island. It’s against federal law to swim within 50 yards (45 meters) of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore […]
Blog Ancient Beaver Fossil Named After Buc-ee’s An ancient beaver fossil discovered by University of Texas researchers has been named after Buc-ee’s, the Texas- based convenience store chain that also has several travel centers in Alabama. Buc-ee’s is known for its beaver mascot. The lead author of a scientific journal article about the discovery said a Buc-ee’s billboard inspired the name for […]
Animals Archaeologists Find Ancient Sheep Heads Mummified Egyptian Mummies: Archaeologists find over 2,000 ancient sheep heads mummified during religious sacrifice at temple Egypt and its mummification culture seem to stun the world. One such is the case of archaeologists finding more than two thousand sheep heads turned into mummies centuries and centuries ago. At least 2,000 mummified ram (sheep) heads dating from […]