3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1045+ words) The study suggests that " unlike modern birds " the now extinct reptiles may have used the sun's warmth to help hatch eggs. The research team also modelled heat transfer simulations of oviraptor clutches and compared the hatching efficiency to modern birds....

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (619+ words) A pygmy possum being inspected. (Jo Howell / Zoos Victoria via SWNS) A dozen critically endangered mountain pygmy possums have been successfully bred at an Australian sanctuary. Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria has welcomed the critters, whose numbers have significantly declined with…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (662+ words) A sloth family is seen safely recovering after being rescued from trafficking. The male, mother sloth and her baby were recently intercepted and brought to safety at the International Animal Rescue (IAR) center in Costa Rica. The baby being inspected....

23+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1082+ words) Tash Thompson with her calf, June. (William Lailey via SWNS) A farmer's daughter has forged an amazing bond with a rejected calf which she lets live in her house and dresses in colourful outfits. Tash Thompson, 26, has been sharing her…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago  (1039+ words) A new study has revealed great white sharks secretly spend their winters in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists tracked 92 sharks from Atlantic Canada to Florida between 2012 and 2023 and discovered more than half migrate to the Gulf during the winter months....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (573+ words) Police said they were alerted to the porcine intruder around 9 am (0800 GMT) when it slipped through sliding glass doors into the mall and started rummaging through the aisles, as staff quickly vacated the shop. Berlin's Tierpark zoo told AFP it…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1149+ words) A new study suggests ravens use navigation and spatial memory techniques to scavenge with sophistication The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology -- Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's canines, a relationship that…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (564+ words) Lurcher-collie cross Storm went over the edge and was stranded 20m (66ft) down a cliff east of Seatown, in Dorset. Bridport and Beaminster fire crews lowered down and placed the dog in a rescue bag before lifting her back up to her…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (862+ words) The baby elephant shrew at Hertfordshire Zoo in the UK. (Hertfordshire Zoo via SWNS) Hertfordshire Zoo is celebrating the "monumental milestone" after the two rare black and rufous sengi arrived to parents Nuru and Malaonly on February 23. On Thursday, the…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (889+ words) Red-and-green Macaws. (Balazs Tisza via SWNS) Ancient parrot DNA has revealed "sophisticated" long-distance animal trade networks existed hundreds of years ago. Analysis of the genetic material shows colorful Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries…...