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Ice melt threatens emperor penguins during annual moult: researchers
3+ week, 4+ day ago (546+ words) Emperor penguins are seeing their habitat cut back by climate change -- with potentially deadly consequences Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches…...
Romania International Cat Show
21+ hour, 54+ min ago (186+ words) Romania International Cat Show'The Killeen Daily Herald Gandalf, a British Shorthair cat, stares during a judging session of an international feline beauty competition, dubbed the Feline Oscars, featuring more than 200 cats, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Overnight fire destroys multiple…...
Plants, feeders can help attract hummingbirds to your yard
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (247+ words) SHREVEPORT, La. - As hummingbird season arrives, gardeners are" encouraged to prepare their yards now to attract the tiny, fast-flying visitors. At Akin's Nursery, owner Jennifer McGimsey says it's the perfect time to get started. "It's hummingbird time " get the feeders…...
Emergency room for injured wild birds opens at Warsaw Zoo in Poland
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (750+ words) Treated storks are seen in an external cage outside the birds' hospital at the Warsaw Zoo in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 16, 2026. Warzaw Zoo director Andrzej Kruszewicz, left, veterinarian Ewelina Chudziak, center, and zoo employee Magdalena Zawadzka, right, discuss treatment plan…...
Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds. Here's a look at the numbers
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (415+ words) The recording is the song of a humpback whale, a species of large whale known for its complex songs. Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, said the sounds were recorded in March 1949 off Bermuda. The recording is…...
Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (588+ words) The song is that of a humpback whale, a marine giant beloved by whale watchers for its docile nature and spectacular leaps from the water, and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, said researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic…...
Police chase boar living high on the hog in Berlin mall
1+ week, 2+ day ago (194+ words) A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping mall's home decor shop on Friday, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with an anaesthetic gun, wooden shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully. Police said…...
Fantastic Mr Stowaway: fox sails from Britain to New York port
1+ week, 2+ day ago (203+ words) A red fox that managed to slip onto a US-bound ship in Britain was discovered by customs officers in the Port of New York, a zoo in the city has said. The animal that zookeepers believe to be around two…...
Zoo welcomes first-ever elephant shrew babies
1+ week, 3+ day ago (407+ 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…...
Dog rescued after falling off cliff edge
1+ week, 3+ day ago (96+ 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…...