1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (535+ words) An iconic marine predator has been caught on camera demonstrating a curious way to play with their prey. Scientists have captured orcas, fittingly known as killer whales, engaging in some macabre behavior. Researchers filmed an orca slamming into a fish…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (268+ words) This is meaningfully different from the cloning scenarios of science fiction. Ancient DNA degrades over millennia, making a perfect genetic replica both scientifically implausible and, arguably, beside the point. The goal instead is functional equivalence — restoring the traits and ecological…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (572+ words) This wildlife news is bananas. Researchers were taken aback when they discovered a new species of black-furred monkey in Congo that sports distinctive orange lips and utters unique vocalizations. The findings were detailed in a study in the journal PLOS…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (796+ words) California ranchers sick of watching blood-thirsty wolves ravage their herds are demanding the right to blast the predators with pepper balls as Republican lawmakers are fighting what they call overly restrictive state laws on protected species. Assemblywoman Heather Hadwick (R-Alturas)…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (259+ words) Marine rescue groups in Australia worked quickly to free a dolphin calf entangled in a fishing net, successfully reuniting the baby with its mother. Video from the Organization for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans showed the July 24 rescue as…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (343+ words) Haunting images show the waters around the Faroe Islands stained blood red after locals slaughtered over 700 porpoises in a gory tradition known as the grindagrap, or “grind.” The single-day massacre of pilot whales and various dolphin species — including 406 killed in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (360+ words) A famous local grizzly bear and her two cubs were cruelly stalked and harassed by a drone operated by a cretin hiding in Yellowstone National Park, leaving nearby tourists “madder than hell.” Park visitor Don Johnson of Idaho Falls told…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (414+ words) A Southern California man has been sentenced to 65 months in federal prison after authorities uncovered a years-long operation that smuggled thousands of live reptiles into the United States from Mexico and China. Jose Manuel Perez, 34, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (518+ words) A wild new “animal cruelty” ballot proposal would put hunters and fishermen on the hook. Controversial legislation that would outlaw killing or “injuring” any animal — even while shooting or catching your dinner — is one step closer to landing on the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (455+ words) It’s a real Lenox Hill love nest. Pale Male’s winged widow is shacking up with a boy toy years after the death of her beloved red-tailed-hawk mate — and the new Upper East Side lovebirds apparently already have a little one....