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Berks farmer faces felony animal cruelty charges after barn‑floor C-section results in mother goat’s death
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (604+ words) A Berks County goat farmer faces felony animal cruelty charges after performing a crude C-section on a pregnant goat on his barn floor without anesthesia, causing the torturous death of the mother. Steinmetz, 44, owner of Steinmetz Family Farm, a goat…...
Bloodhounds in North Dakota are blazing a trail in the Midwest
2+ week, 6+ day ago (867+ words) Beau, a 12-week-old puppy, is joining a band of bloodhounds who are in demand for difficult cases across the upper Midwest. They trail missing children, people with dementia and criminal suspects. The agency uses drones and aircraft to aid searches,…...
Man pleads to charges in pit bull bitten to death by other dogs
3+ week, 1+ day ago (396+ words) The defendant told investigators he "knew this would happen" and claimed he had tried to surrender all but one of his dogs without success. An Upper Darby man was sentenced to two years of probation Monday after pleading guilty to…...
Crocodile caught in an Australian creek 1,200 miles from its tropical habitat
3+ week, 2+ day ago (380+ words) The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 1,200 miles south of Australia's crocodile habitat in the tropical north. Lionel Saunders, 12, and his friends had spotted the juvenile 39-inch-long croc early Saturday afternoon. Authorities were initially skeptical…...
Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf
3+ week, 5+ day ago (136+ words) The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that the incident happened on Feb. 21 in the hamlet of East Durham, about 127 miles north of Manhattan. The agency said customers at The Market Place had spotted "something extremely lifelike" on one…...
Injured mother manatee and calf are rescued in Florida and taken to SeaWorld
3+ week, 5+ day ago (244+ words) Drone pilots provided the rescuers with an aerial view, guiding their boat toward the manatees on Wednesday, then buzzing overhead to document the animals being pulled from the Orange River near Fort Meyers. Video shared by the Lee County Sheriff's…...
A horse’s neigh may be unique in the animal kingdom. Now scientists know how they do it
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (415+ words) By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, AP Science Writer How exactly horses produce that distinctive sound " also called a neigh " has long eluded scientists. The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low pitched sounds, like a cross between a grunt…...
Rescue group in Las Vegas tries to catch a toucan that escaped its owner before it’s too late
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (515+ words) But after a closer look, she realized it was a toucan " a tropical bird native to rainforests in Central and South America known for their large, colorful bills. "They're beautiful birds, so being able to see something like that so…...
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (498+ words) Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson said this week. The shark, filmed in January 2025, was…...
A California photographer is on a quest to photograph hundreds of native bees
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (559+ words) Krystle Hickman crouches over with her specialized camera fitted to capture the minute details of the bee's antennae and fuzzy behind. "Oh my gosh, you are so cute," Hickman murmurs before the female sweat bee flies away. "Saving the bees…...