Animals Pet Nutria Allowed To Stay Neuty, the controversial pet nutria, allowed to stay with Bucktown family Public outrage had greeted Wildlife and Fisheries’ plan to seize orange-toothed rodent Fans of Neuty, the 22-pound nutria that became became an instant Louisiana celebrity, are breathing a sigh of relief. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on Friday announced an agreement that […]
Animals Your Snuggly Pet Could Be to Blame For Chronic Bad Sleep Pets affect sleep? Had a ruff night’s sleep? A new study published in the journal Human-Animal Interactions has shown that people with dogs are more likely to suffer from a sleep disorder. Cat ownership was also associated with sleep issues, but not to the extent that dog owners experience. Researchers acknowledged that while pets may […]
Animals Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market An international team of virus experts said on Thursday that they had found genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, linking the coronavirus with raccoon dogs for sale there, adding evidence to the case that the worst pandemic in a century could have […]
Animals Mice With Two Fathers Scientists create mice with cells from 2 males for 1st time This raises the distant possibility of using the same technique for people – although experts caution that very few mouse embryos developed into live mouse pups and no one knows whether it would work for humans. Still, “It’s a very clever strategy,” said Diana […]
Animals Plastic Eating Shark Robot SHARK in River Thames can pick up 1,100lbs of rubbish a DAY A robotic shark hungry for plastic is to snap up waste in the River Thames as part of efforts to tackle water pollution. WasteShark is the first marine robot to take London’s river by storm, with the ability to ‘eat’ up to […]
Animals Big Cat High on Cocaine Ohio authorities find big cat high on cocaine, attribute interest to popular ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie The serval did not have to go through detox, but it was given some meds before being transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Hamilton County, Ohio dog wardens retrieved an exotic cat resembling a leopard from a tree […]
Animals Chinook Salmon Season Canceled The recreational and commercial salmon fishing season has been canceled along the coasts of Oregon and California, through the middle of May, due to dwindling numbers of Chinook salmon in the states’ largest rivers following years of drought. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries announced the in-season action to protect the Klamath River fall-run […]
Animals PETA Asks Pentagon to Cease Animal Testing PETA asks Pentagon to cease animal testing related to ‘Havana syndrome’ The animal rights group PETA sent a letter to the Pentagon on Monday, demanding that they cease testing on live animals in their quest to understand the mysterious ailments known as “Havana syndrome.” Havana syndrome was first reported in 2016 by diplomats working at […]
Animals Ghost Catfish Watch This Ghost Catfish Glow with Dazzling Rainbows If you’re a millennial, there’s a good chance you’ve read The Rainbow Fish, a delightful children’s book where the titular character is illustrated with shiny foil that seems to glitter with all colors of the rainbow. It turns out it isn’t the only multi-colored fish out there […]
Animals H5N1 in Bald Eagles Bird flu is killing bald eagles at an ‘alarming rate,’ researchers say Bald eagle nest failures and deaths are piling up at an “alarming rate” as a result of the highly infectious avian influenza, University of Georgia researchers announced this week. The avian influenza strain known as H5N1 is killing an unprecedented number of mating […]