Chinese pangolins are nocturnal mammals mostly distributed in the southern part of the Chinese mainland and throughout most of Taiwan. They are also found in northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Once common in China, their population has dropped sharply since the late 20th century due to poaching and trafficking. Now, they are on the ...
Estimates that some 3 billion animals were killed or misplaced by the 2019-20 mega-fires in Australia have been confirmed — with a breakdown by animal type for the first time — in a conclusive Sydney-led report commissioned by WWF. More than 60,000 koalas were among the animals impacted by last summer’s wildfire crisis, according to ...
The New Guinea singing dog is an animal that was thought to have been extinct in the wild for around 50 years. The 200 singing dogs that exist in zoos and conservation areas are descendants of the canines that were captured in the 1970s. However, a recent study has found that these dogs are alive ...
This is the true story of a villager who lived near Mount Jinfo in Chongqing, China, and how he saved a monkey only to have it return the favor by saving him and his entire village. In July 2000, a villager named Zhicheng Wang, who lived at the foot of the mountain, was picking herbs ...
Danish officials recently announced plans for the mass culling of minks on the country’s 15 million farm minks due to COVID-19 concerns. As a result, one of the largest fur sellers in the country, breeder-owned cooperative Kopenhagen Fur, has declared that it will be shutting down within the next two to three years. Culling of ...
Uncle Guo, who grew up in Dakeng, Taichung, as a farmer’s son, often chased off the Taiwanese macaque monkeys to protect his orchard from their hunger. Now, he has opened up his orchard to them and has coexisted peacefully with the wild macaques for nearly 25 years. He also uses unique whistles to communicate with ...
Six people have died from unprovoked shark attacks this year in Australia. This is the highest number since 1934, a year that also saw six people die from being attacked. Some experts believe that this might indicate a behavioral change in the shark population in Australian waters. Shark attacks According to Dr. Phoebe Meagher from ...
Scientists have destroyed America’s first-ever nest of Asian giant hornets. The insects, also known by the name of “murder hornets,” have a sting that can put a person in the hospital and even cause death. Native to Asia, the hornets’ first American nest was found in Washington state in the city of Blaine. The nest ...
Los Angeles is planning to have the world’s biggest wildlife crossing. The county of Los Angeles is well-known for its substantial mountain lion population. However, large-scale infrastructure development has resulted in the region developing multiple isolated habitats crisscrossed by roads. As such, the mountain lions that attempt to cross the road to get to the ...
A global study of ancient dog DNA, led by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, University of Oxford, University of Vienna, and archaeologists from more than 10 countries, presents evidence that there were different types of dogs more than 11,000 years ago in the period immediately following the Ice Age. In their study, published in ...
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