The ‘Corvid Palace’, a renowned British center for research into intelligence on crows and their relatives that was due to close this month, has been saved by a campaign launched by a new scientist article To live July 22, 2022 Through Alison George Two Towers in the Comparative Cognition Lab Francesca M. Cornero/University of Cambridge …
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The dead white-skinned humpback whale on a beach at Mallacoota in Australia. Credit: Peter Coles (opens in new tab) An extremely rare white humpback whale recently washed up dead on a beach in Australia. The unusually colored corpse was discovered on July 16 by local resident Peter Coles while kayaking along a secluded beach near …
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The prequel to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, tells the story of House Targaryen, masters of that most fantastic creature: gigantic, fire-breathing dragons. But are dragons really as bizarre as they seem? Surely no animal can grow that big and fly, or develop the ability to breathe fire? Henry Gee, evolutionary biologist and …
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Austin, Texas – PETA, a nonprofit that denounces animal cruelty, says Austin Aquarium has neglected its animals and that company guests and staff have been bitten as a result of the neglect. PETA says a researcher with the organization spent four months undercover at the Austin Aquarium in 2022. While there, he recorded interactions with …
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Overview: The benefits of animal therapy for memory and mental health are well documented. Some agencies use realistic robotic pets as a therapeutic tool for memory care in older adults. Now researchers have developed a new protocol for using robotic animals to aid in memory care. Source: University of Utah You would think it was …
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Sharks treat New York’s waters like a restaurant — and the state government is the Maître d’. Great whites and other sharks have come close to Long Island’s beaches this year to feast on a particular species of baitfish that has been thriving in New York’s waters since the state legislature voted unanimously to keep …
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature has added the migratory monarch butterfly to its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered, the group said in a release Thursday. “It’s hard to see monarch butterflies and their extraordinary migration waver, but there are signs of hope,” said Anna Walker, a species survival officer for invertebrate …
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Diseases that affect animals – but also how long they live and how productive they are – have a significant impact on emissions. However, there is currently no standardized method to measure progress so that improved animal health can be included in national climate commitments. Around the world, people are transforming agri-food systems to become …
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Another day, another shark sighting. This time, a dead great white shark, 7 to 8 feet long, washed up on a beach in Long Island, New York. Before police could arrive Wednesday morning, the shark washed back to sea, Quogue Village police said in a post on its Facebook page. It’s just one of the …
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Photo: Karen Doody/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images If there’s one creature of the moment in New York City, even more so than the French bulldog, it’s the shark. There have been six shark attacks on Long Island in the past three weeks, leading to extensive coverage and stress for swimmers and surfers. (No one was seriously injured.) …
