9+ hour, 28+ min ago  (621+ words) In 2016, during her PhD field expedition in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary of south-east Nigeria, Nigerian biologist Iroro Tanshi made a groundbreaking discovery. While trapping bats near a roost, she encountered a unique specimen that stood out due to its…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (350+ words) Allison Gainer lives with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Ehlers‑Danlos Syndrome (EDS), which are non‑apparent disabilities that affect how she functions. To help manage symptoms and academic work, she got a service dog, Lily Rue. “Having her…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (485+ words) More than 700 marine animals smuggled from Kenya into Argentina have been intercepted in a sweeping wildlife trafficking operation that conservation groups say exposes the growing scale of the global exotic aquarium trade. READ ALSO: Nearly 2,000 ants in tubes land two…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (375+ words) Zhang Kequn, a Chinese national, was on Wednesday handed a one-year prison sentence for attempting to smuggle thousands of live queen garden ants out of Kenya. Besides his conviction, Kequn was also fined 1 million Kenyan shillings ($7,737) by the court in…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (638+ words) ​The Institute of Community Sustainability (ICS), an organization that advocates for the stoppage of the consumption of dog and cat meat, announced that they have briefly paused their sensitization tour in Ghana after their Executive Director was nearly lynched, 3News reported....

5+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (500+ words) An Atlanta woman is being praised for saving a boy fleeing a barking dog in her neighborhood. The incident, which was captured on video, has led to the woman being hailed as a “neighborhood superhero” by many on social media....