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Portland's favorite baby elephant Tula-Tu is still fighting an infection of the same virus that killed her older sister Lily in 2018. "Tula remains in guarded condition, but she is showing encouraging signs," Dr. Carlos Sanchez, the zoo's director of animal health, said in a news release. "Her white-cell counts…
Tulsa Zoo is welcoming three new Asian elephants from the Houston Zoo. Shanti, 36, and her daughters, Joy, 9, and Kirby, 1, arrived on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The three elephants are together as they adjust to their new surroundings and…
Analysis of museum specimens helps show DNA alterations since early 1900s Credit: The University of Texas at El Paso. EL PASO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2026) – Researchers have long known that releasing domesticated ducks can alter wild…
A fire ant queen towers over smaller workers in a colony maintained at the University of Georgia Fire Ant Lab. Newswise — A group of genes may give some fire ants an advantage, increasing their chances of growing larger and…
A fly’s larvae can kill every chick in a Darwin’s finch nest by feeding on their blood and tissue. That fly, the avian vampire fly, is now considered the greatest threat to land birds in the Galápagos Islands. The finches evolved far from any continent, but the fly came from…
"The Aki is unique from every other bird that has ever evolved, and not just in Hawaii—it has features unseen in any birds," says Alexander Clark, a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, affiliate of the Field Museum, and…
Protecting Less than 0.1 Percent of the Region’s Land Could Help Secure the Futures of 55 Globally Threatened Bird Species Article by American Bird Conservancy ABC’s researchers analyzed 129 globally threatened land bird species…
Most of us wouldn’t consider sleeping while standing upright particularly relaxing, but sperm whales have a different approach to getting some rest. These enormous marine mammals sometimes suspend themselves vertically just beneath the ocean’s surface, remaining nearly motionless for several minutes at a time. In a 2008 study published in…
Scientists studying unusually friendly foxes have uncovered a possible neurological clue to dog domestication. How do you turn a wild animal that might be alert, unpredictable, and likely aggressive into something more like a…
What do smart home devices, activity trackers, and now biometric wearables have in common? They're gadgets for your dog. Following the rise of human wearables that track cardiovascular and respiratory health, several companies…
MyRye.com is now in the podcasting business with a weekly podcast hosted by former Rye Mayor Doug French. Available on all major podcasting platforms, MyRye.com Conversations with Doug French will tackle the larger and sometimes intractable issues impacting the City of Rye through interviews with local, county and state officials…
(KTDY) - Through the years, we've heard several stories of people reportedly seeing Bigfoot in Louisiana, and we have another testimonial to share. Bigfoot researchers and Bigfoot enthusiasts have often combed the woods of the…
An elephant known as Uzima that died in Laikipia. Kenya has lost two of its most celebrated elephant giants within days, renewing attention on the growing rarity of super tuskers and the challenges of protecting some of Africa's…