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Red pandas arrive in Taipei from China in first cross-Strait zoo exchange in over a decade
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (1128+ words) A pair of Red Pandas arrived at Taiwan's Taipei City Zoo on Saturday from China's Shanghai Zoological Park, marking the first cross-Strait zoological exchanges between Taiwan and China in over a decade. Red pandas arrive in Taipei from China in…...
Taipei Zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (33+ words) A zoo in Taiwan's capital has received a pair of endangered red pandas from China. This marks the first animal exchange in over a decade as tensions between the two sides run high....
A photo captures a wall of wild horses surging through western Germany
21+ hour, 2+ min ago (21+ words) AP photographer Martin Meissner documented Germany's last flock of wild horses during the annual horse catch in the Munsterland countryside....
Excitement and joy at Ljubljana Zoo after birth of 3 Siberian tiger cubs
21+ hour, 2+ min ago (17+ words) A zoo in Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana, has introduced three Siberian tiger cubs born under two weeks ago....
What it's like to go inside New York City's dank, dangerous, bug-filled sewers
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (536+ words) A former urban explorer says the most unpleasant part of exploring New York City's sewer system was the cockroaches, not the rats, smells or ever-present dangers....
Bear injures four in Fukushima
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (658+ words) A bear has injured four people in a Japanese residential area in the latest case of attacks by the animals in the region. (Produced by Elaine Carroll)...
8 crested ibises released in Japan decades after extinction
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1124+ words) AP News Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The white birds, called Toki in Japan, are native to East Asia and admired for their…...
Whale carcass washes up on beach near Barcelona
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1088+ words) AP News The remains of a big cetacean, possibly a whale, washed up close to the Castelldefels beach, near Barcelona on Sunday. Authorities were notified by weekend beachgoers who spotted the animal already in a state of decomposition. Whale carcass…...
Venice's growing flamingo population finds refuge in recovering wetlands
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (442+ words) Flamingos are flocking to the Venetian Lagoon in record numbers as ecological efforts restore damaged wetlands....
Rare baby otter pups begin swimming lessons at UK's Chester Zoo
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1102+ words) AP News Three rare giant otter pups have begun swimming lessons at the UK's Chester Zoo. Led by mum Bonita and dad Manu, the rare pups were picked up by the scruff of their necks and popped straight in at…...