Plants and Animals

Bird Flu Found in Cetaceans for the First Time After Positive Tests in Dolphin and Porpoise

Bird Flu Found in Cetaceans for the First Time After Positive Tests in Dolphin and Porpoise

Wild cetaceans have tested positive for avian flu, popularly known as bird flu, for the first time ever. However, a recent and extremely deadly strain…
Marine Scientists Are Perplexed By Bizarre “Blue Goo” Discovered in the Ocean

Marine Scientists Are Perplexed By Bizarre “Blue Goo” Discovered in the Ocean

This year, scientists operating a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Caribbean Sea came across some blue goo and a strange critter. Although the cerulean…
Otters The Size Of Lions Once Lived In Ethiopia

Otters The Size Of Lions Once Lived In Ethiopia

Paleontologists gathered several unidentified bones and teeth in the 19th century. Some of these originated from wealthy deposits in Ethiopia that were formed up to…
Science-based Ways To Tell If Your Cat Loves You

Science-based Ways To Tell If Your Cat Loves You

Even the most committed cat owners occasionally question whether their cat truly loves them, perhaps waking up in the middle of the night in a…
Shrew, Which Lived 225 Million Years Ago and Burrowed Beneath The Oldest Dinosaurs, is the Oldest Known Mammal

Shrew, Which Lived 225 Million Years Ago and Burrowed Beneath The Oldest Dinosaurs, is the Oldest Known Mammal

Thanks to research on its preserved teeth, Brasilodon quadrangularis is currently recognized as the oldest (known) mammal species in the world. Its mammalian status has…
The Oldest Dinosaur To Be Discovered in Africa is a Brand-New Species

The Oldest Dinosaur To Be Discovered in Africa is a Brand-New Species

Graduate student at Virginia Tech’s Department of Geosciences unearthed the earliest dinosaur yet found in Africa. Amazingly, the extinct animal was largely unharmed, which allowed…
Best Pictures Including Treefrog Pool Parties And Whale Side-Eye

Best Pictures Including Treefrog Pool Parties And Whale Side-Eye

We have a real surprise in store for you as the Natural History Museum, London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 approaches. The competition,…
Endangered Galapagos Tortoises Being ‘Hunted and Eaten’

Endangered Galapagos Tortoises Being ‘Hunted and Eaten’

Authorities in Ecuador are looking into the deaths of four Galápagos tortoises because they believe the gentle giants may have been killed for their meat.…
Penguins At The San Diego Zoo Receive Chic New Footwear In The Form Of Orthopedic Boots

Penguins At The San Diego Zoo Receive Chic New Footwear In The Form Of Orthopedic Boots

A brand-new pair of orthopedic shoes have given Lucas, a four-year-old African penguin, a fresh lease on life. Thera-Paw, a firm that specializes in animal…
These GE Mice Are The First Ever To Have Completely Rearranged Chromosomes In Animal

These GE Mice Are The First Ever To Have Completely Rearranged Chromosomes In Animal

Researchers have created mice with completely recombined chromosomes, a first for the globe. The genetically modified rodents are the first mammal species to have chromosome-level…
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