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It's World Turtle Day and the News Is Actually Good
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (106+ words) Caledonian Record For 43 years, the green sea turtle carried one of conservation's heaviest labels: endangered. Poaching gutted nesting populations, and coastal development claimed the beaches where females returned to lay eggs. Last October, the International Union for Conservation of Nature…...
Fans of Tik Tok famous dog raising funds to pay for pug's hospital bills
22+ hour, 48+ min ago (94+ words) Caledonian Record Chilli The Pug is famous on Tik Tok. (kingchillithepug via SWNS) Chilli The Pug with owner Oliver. (kingchillithepug via SWNS) Chilli The Pug, at the vet. (kingchillithepug via SWNS) The owners of a famous Tik Tok dog have…...
Real stag party! Deer joins party in youth hostel
1+ day, 18+ min ago (34+ words) Caledonian Record Pictures show a real "stag" party where the wild animals used to join the guests in a youth hostel. (Hostelling Scotland via SWNS)...
Yale study reveals animals changing behavior thanks to humans
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (130+ words) Mule Deer crossing the road in front of a car in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, in Denver. (Dr. Dave Kenny via SWNS) Animals in the wild are changing their behavior after watching humans, reveals new research. A Common…...
Tortoise missing for months found 300 meters away from home
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (37+ words) Caledonian Record An owner has been left "astonished" after her tortoise went missing for eight months " only to be found 300 meters away. (Fiona Sherriff via SWNS)...
Baby owls hatch for first time at wildlife center
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Zookeepers bottle-feed baby aardvark to help raise tiny animal
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (76+ words) Caledonian Record The baby aardvark being fed. (Chester Zoo via SWNS) The tiny calf called Womble with its mother. (Chester Zoo via SWNS) Keepers at Chester Zoo have stepped in to help save the life of an adorable baby aardvark…...
Painting turbines like snakes and frogs could reduce bird deaths
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (67+ words) Caledonian Record Still image from a video showing a great tit (Parus major) preparing to flee from a digital wind turbine displaying biologically inspired warning patterns. (George R. A. Hancock via SWNS) Painting wind turbines like venomous snakes or poisonous frogs could…...
Tiny DNA samples could help crack down on illegal wildlife trafficking
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (87+ words) Caledonian Record White-bellied pangolin displayed by a local vendor along a national road extension in Nimba County, Liberia. (Philippe Gaubert via SWNS) Tiny samples of DNA can "pinpoint" hotspots and trade routes of the illegal wildlife trade, reveals new research....
Thoughts On The Out-Of-Doors: Leave Fawns Alone
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (482+ words) Caledonian Record The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and New Hampshire Fish and Game say deer fawns are being born this time of year and ask that people avoid disturbing or picking them up. Most deer fawns are born in…...